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# CSV API

Consult the [Data Import and Export documentation](/data-and-integrations/data-import-and-export.md) for a full explanation of how records can be imported and exported in Pakk.  Everything that is explained there is relevant to CSV API.  If in doubt, try running CSV exports/imports from the admin panel and observe the structure of requests.

`POST {root}/export/{entityname}`

* Exports a list of records in CSV format
* Uses the familiar filtering arguments to filter down records for export
* Allows specification of exactly which fields (columns) to export

`POST {root}/import/{entityname}`

* Import a CSV file
* In order to establish the correct format and naming for columns, the easiest approach is to first do a CSV Export and observe the column names
* Consult the [Data Import and Export documentation](/data-and-integrations/data-import-and-export.md) for more explanation around required/disallowed fields


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