--- title: ArangoDB Export API description: ArangoDB 2.6 provides a specialized export API for exporting all documents from a collection and shipping them to a client application. --- ArangoDB 3.12 Product Release Announcement! Read the blog for details. [Read Blog](https://arangodb.com/2024/03/arangodb-3-12-performance-for-all-your-data-models/) [![logo](https://blog.arangodb.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/logo.png?width=301&height=50&name=logo.png "logo")](https://arango.ai) ### Why Graph [The Rise of Graph](https://arangodb.com/the-rise-of-graph/) [The Graph ML Gamechanger](https://arangodb.com/the-graph-ml-gamechanger/) [Consolidate to Graph](https://arangodb.com/graph-vs-relational/) [Graph DB Basics](https://arangodb.com/graph-database/) ### Products [Managed Graph DB](https://arangodb.com/arangograph-managedgraphdb/) [Self-Managed Graph DB](https://arangodb.com/arangograph-selfmanaged/) [Managed Graph ML](https://arangodb.com/managed-ml-graph/) [Community Edition](https://arangodb.com/community-server/) [Compare Products](https://arangodb.com/subscriptions/) ### Solutions Use Cases Industries Solution Accelerators - [Cyber/Threat Mgmt](https://arangodb.com/solutions/use-cases/cyber-threat-management/) - [Fraud Detection](https://arangodb.com/solutions/use-cases/fraud-detections/) - [Supply Chain](https://arangodb.com/solutions/use-cases/supply-chain/) - [Network Asset Management](https://arangodb.com/solutions/use-cases/network-asset-management/) - [Customer & Patient 360](https://blog.arangodb.com/solutions/use-case/customer-and-patient-360/) - [Recommendations](https://arangodb.com/solutions/use-cases/recommendations/) - [Case Management](https://blog.arangodb.com/solutions/use-case/case-management/) - [Geospatial Analysis](https://arangodb.com/solutions/use-cases/geospatial/) - [Master Data Mgmt](https://arangodb.com/solutions/use-cases/master-data-management/) - [Software & Technology](https://arangodb.com/arangodb-for-software-tech/) - [Financial Services](https://arangodb.com/arangodb-for-financial-services/) - [Tele Communication](https://arangodb.com/telecommunications-and-network/) - [E-commerce](https://arangodb.com/arangodb-for-e-commerce/) - [Healthcare](https://arangodb.com/arangodb-for-healthcare/) - [Government](https://arangodb.com/arangodb-for-government/) - [Aerospace & Defence](https://arangodb.com/arangodb-for-aerospace-defense/) - [Manufacturing](https://arangodb.com/arangodb-for-manufacturing/) - [Enterprise Knowledge Graphs](https://arangodb.com/resources/white-papers/enterprise-knowledge-graphs/) - [Entity Resolution](https://arangodb.com/entity-resolution/) - [Traceability/Lineage](https://arangodb.com/traceability-and-lineage/) - [Contexual Relevance](https://arangodb.com/contextual-relevance/) ### Developers Capabilities Integrations Differentiators - [Graph Traversals](https://arangodb.com/graph-traversals/) - [Multi-Model DB](https://arangodb.com/multi-model-db/) - [LLM + Knowledge Graph](https://arangodb.com/llm-knowledge-graph/) - [Graph ML](https://arangodb.com/managed-ml-graph/) - [Advanced Geospatial](https://arangodb.com/advanced-geospatial/) - [Document Store](https://arangodb.com/document-store/) - [Search Engine](https://arangodb.com/full-text-search-engine/) - [Security & Compliance](https://arangodb.com/security/) - [Data Masking](https://arangodb.com/Data-masking/) - [Key/Value DB](https://arangodb.com/integrated-key-value-support/) - [Clients / Languages](https://arangodb.com/clients-languages/) - [BI Tools](https://arangodb.com/bi-tools-support/) - [Containers](https://arangodb.com/container-support/) - [Community driven](https://arangodb.com/community-driven/) - [Model Flexibility](https://arangodb.com/model-flexibility/) - [Graph Scalability](https://arangodb.com/graph-scalability/) - [Performance at Scale](https://arangodb.com/performance-at-scale/) - [Highest Availability](https://arangodb.com/highest-availability/) - [Unified Query Language](https://arangodb.com/unified-query-languageaql/) - [Graph + Native Document](https://arangodb.com/graph-document/) - [Graph + Native Search](https://arangodb.com/graph-search/) - [Cost Effective](https://arangodb.com/cost-effective-development-operation/) - [Full Geospatial](https://arangodb.com/full-geospatial/) ### Customers [All Case Studies](https://arangodb.com/solutions/solutions-customers/#all) [Government & Cyber](https://arangodb.com/solutions/solutions-customers/#Government-Cyber) [Manufacturing & Supply Chain](https://arangodb.com/solutions/solutions-customers/#Manufacturing-Supply-Chain) [Healthcare & Science](https://arangodb.com/solutions/solutions-customers/#Healthcare-Science) [Retail & Commerce](https://arangodb.com/solutions/solutions-customers/#Retail-Commerce) [Technology](https://arangodb.com/solutions/solutions-customers/#Technology) [Education](https://arangodb.com/solutions/solutions-customers/#Education) [Telco](https://arangodb.com/solutions/solutions-customers/#Telco) [Financial Services](https://arangodb.com/solutions/solutions-customers/#Financial-Services) ### Learn [Documentation](https://docs.arangodb.com/stable/) [Developer Hub](https://developer.arangodb.com/) [ArangoDB University](https://university.arangodb.com/) [Blog](https://arangodb.com/blog/) [Certification](https://arangodb.com/learn/certification/) [Community](https://arangodb.com/community/) [Events](https://arangodb.com/events/) [Resources](https://arangodb.com/resources/) [Training Center](https://arangodb.com/learn/) ### Company [About Us](https://arangodb.com/about-us/) [Team](https://arangodb.com/about-arangodb/) [Partners](https://arangodb.com/partners/) [News](https://arangodb.com/news/) [Careers](https://arangodb.applytojob.com/apply) ### Pricing - Why Graph - [The Rise of Graph](https://arangodb.com/the-rise-of-graph/) - [The Graph ML Gamechanger](https://arangodb.com/the-graph-ml-gamechanger/) - [Consolidate to Graph](https://arangodb.com/graph-vs-relational/) - [Graph DB Basics](https://arangodb.com/graph-database/) - Products - [Managed Graph DB](https://arangodb.com/arangograph-managedgraphdb/) - [Self-Managed Graph DB](https://arangodb.com/arangograph-selfmanaged/) - [Managed Graph ML](https://arangodb.com/managed-ml-graph/) - [Community Edition](https://arangodb.com/community-server/) - [Compare Products](https://arangodb.com/subscriptions/) - Solutions - Use Cases - [Cyber/Threat Mgmt](https://arangodb.com/solutions/use-cases/cyber-threat-management/) - [Fraud Detection](https://arangodb.com/solutions/use-cases/fraud-detections/) - [Supply Chain](https://arangodb.com/solutions/use-cases/supply-chain/) - [Network Asset Management](https://arangodb.com/solutions/use-cases/network-asset-management/) - [Customer & Patient 360](https://arangodb.com/solutions/use-cases/customer-and-patient-360/) - [Recommendations](https://arangodb.com/solutions/use-cases/recommendations/) - [Case Management](https://arangodb.com/solutions/use-cases/case-management/) - [Geospatial Analysis](https://arangodb.com/solutions/use-cases/geospatial/) - [Master Data Mgmt](https://arangodb.com/solutions/use-cases/master-data-management/) - Industries - [Software & Technology](https://arangodb.com/arangodb-for-software-tech/) - [Financial Services](https://arangodb.com/arangodb-for-financial-services/) - [Tele Communication](https://arangodb.com/telecommunications-and-network/) - [E-commerce](https://arangodb.com/arangodb-for-e-commerce/) - [Healthcare](https://arangodb.com/arangodb-for-healthcare/) - [Government](https://arangodb.com/arangodb-for-government/) - [Aerospace & Defence](https://arangodb.com/arangodb-for-aerospace-defense/) - [Manufacturing](https://arangodb.com/arangodb-for-manufacturing/) - Solution Accelerators - [Enterprise Knowledge Graphs](https://arangodb.com/resources/white-papers/enterprise-knowledge-graphs/) - [Entity Resolution](https://arangodb.com/entity-resolution/) - [Traceability/Lineage](https://arangodb.com/traceability-and-lineage/) - [Contexual Relevance](https://arangodb.com/contextual-relevance/) - Customers - [All Case Studies](https://arangodb.com/solutions/solutions-customers/#all) - [Government & Cyber](https://arangodb.com/solutions/solutions-customers/#Government-Cyber) - [Manufacturing & Supply Chain](https://arangodb.com/solutions/solutions-customers/#Manufacturing-Supply-Chain) - [Healthcare & Science](https://arangodb.com/solutions/solutions-customers/#Healthcare-Science) - [Retail & Commerce](https://arangodb.com/solutions/solutions-customers/#Retail-Commerce) - [Technology](https://arangodb.com/solutions/solutions-customers/#Technology) - [Education](https://arangodb.com/solutions/solutions-customers/#Education) - [Telco](https://arangodb.com/solutions/solutions-customers/#Telco) - [Financial Services](https://arangodb.com/solutions/solutions-customers/#Financial-Services) - Learn - [Documentation](https://docs.arangodb.com/stable/) - [Developer Hub](https://developer.arangodb.com/) - [ArangoDB University](https://university.arangodb.com/) - [Blog](https://arangodb.com/blog/) - [Certification](https://arangodb.com/learn/certification/) - [Community](https://arangodb.com/community/) - [Events](https://arangodb.com/events/) - [Resources](https://arangodb.com/resources/) - [Training Center](https://arangodb.com/learn/) - Company - [About Us](https://arangodb.com/about-us/) - [Team](https://arangodb.com/about-arangodb/) - [Partners](https://arangodb.com/partners/) - [News](https://arangodb.com/news/) - [Careers](https://arangodb.applytojob.com/apply) - [Pricing](https://arangodb.com/download-major/pricing/) [**Start Free** ArangoGraph Cloud](https://dashboard.arangodb.cloud/signup?acceptedTermsAndConditions=1) [**Download Now** ArangoDB Enterprise](https://arangodb.com/download-arangodb-enterprise/) ![Vector-5](https://blog.arangodb.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/search.svg) # More Efficient Data Exports with new Export API April 07, 2015 Tags: [API](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/api), [Performance](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/performance) [Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/2015/04/export-api) [LinkedIn](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/2015/04/export-api) [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/share?url=https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/2015/04/export-api) [Yahoo](https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/2015/04/export-api%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dgoogle_plus) ![](https://blog.arangodb.com/hubfs/ArangoDB-Blog/clock.svg)Estimated reading time: 1 minutes ArangoDB 2.6 provides a specialized **export API** for exporting all documents from a collection and shipping them to a client application. It is rather limited but faster than the general-purpose [AQL cursor API](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/2015/04/improved-cursor-api) and can store its snapshots using less memory. ![export_api](https://blog.arangodb.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/export_api.png?width=572&height=303&name=export_api.png) A side effect of the speedup is that the first results will arrive much earlier in the client application. This will help in reducing client connection timeouts in case clients are enforcing them on temporarily non-responding connections. The following table shows the execution times for fetching the first 1,000 documents from collections of different sizes, both with via the cursor API and the export API. Figures for the cursor API are shown for ArangoDB 2.5 and 2.6 (the version in which it was rewritten): ![export_api_performance](https://blog.arangodb.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/export_api_performance-1.png?width=799&height=203&name=export_api_performance-1.png) Read more about the new export API in Jan’s blog post on [more efficient data exports](https://jsteemann.github.io/blog/2015/04/04/more-efficient-data-exports/). [Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/2015/04/export-api) [LinkedIn](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/2015/04/export-api) [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/share?url=https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/2015/04/export-api) [Yahoo](https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/2015/04/export-api%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dgoogle_plus) ![Picture of Ingo Friepoertner](https://blog.arangodb.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Authors/Ingo-100x100.png) April 07, 2015 , [Ingo Friepoertner](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/author/ingo-friepoertner) Ingo is dealing with all the good ideas from the ArangoDB community, customers and industry experts to improve the value provided by the company’s native multi-model approach. In former positions he worked as a product owner and tech consultant, building custom software solutions for large companies in various industries. Ingo holds a diploma in business informatics from FHDW University of Applied Sciences. ### Leave a Comment Tags - [General](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/general) - [Release](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/release) - [Community](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/community) - [Releases](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/releases) - [Performance](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/performance) - [Tutorial](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/tutorial) - [Foxx](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/foxx) - [AQL](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/aql) - [API](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/api) - [Newsletter](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/newsletter) - [Cluster](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/cluster) - [Graph](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/graph) - [Graphs](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/graphs) - [Documentation](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/documentation) - [Javascript](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/javascript) - [Query Language](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/query-language) - [Architecture](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/architecture) - [NoSQL](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/nosql) - [Enterprise](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/enterprise) - [Ruby](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/ruby) - [RocksDB](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/rocksdb) - [testing](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/testing) - [ArangoML](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/arangoml) - [Machine Learning](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/machine-learning) - [Benchmark](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/benchmark) - [Java](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/java) - [driver](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/driver) - [multi-model](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/multi-model) - [geo](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/geo) - [how to](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/how-to) - [Drivers](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/drivers) - [PHP](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/php) - [Security](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/security) - [nodejs](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/nodejs) - [python](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/python) - [ArangoSearch](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/arangosearch) - [Kubernetes](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/kubernetes) - [Presentation](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/presentation) - [open-source](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/open-source) - [Future-of-nosql](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/future-of-nosql) - [GitHub](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/github) - [ARM: Raspberry + Co.](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/arm-raspberry-co-) - [Fraud Detection](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/fraud-detection) - [Managed Service](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/managed-service) - [arangosh](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/arangosh) - [C++](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/c) - [Cloud](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/cloud) - [Conferences](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/conferences) - [Data Science](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/data-science) - [HTTP](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/http) - [ML](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/ml) - [Pregel](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/pregel) - [Replication](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/replication) - [WebUI](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/webui) - [graph database](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/graph-database) - [monitoring](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/monitoring) - [pytorch](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/pytorch) - [Application Server](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/application-server) - [ArangoGraphML](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/arangographml) - [Community Edition](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/community-edition) - [Compliance](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/compliance) - [Linux](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/linux) - [Publication](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/publication) - [Relational Database](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/relational-database) - [SOC 2](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/soc-2) - [Windows](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/windows) - [licensing](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/licensing) - [networkx](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/networkx) - [storage](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/storage) - [ARM](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/arm) - [Alliances](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/alliances) - [ArangoDB Cloud](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/arangodb-cloud) - [ArangoSync](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/arangosync) - [Arangograph](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/arangograph) - [CNFC](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/cnfc) - [DC/OS](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/dc-os) - [DGL Adaptor](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/dgl-adaptor) - [Data Loader](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/data-loader) - [Dev Days 2021](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/dev-days-2021) - [Developer Hub](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/developer-hub) - [Funding Announcement](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/funding-announcement) - [GO](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/go) - [GenAI](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/genai) - [Graph DB](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/graph-db) - [Graph DBs](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/graph-dbs) - [Graph Databases](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/graph-databases) - [Graph Neural Networks](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/graph-neural-networks) - [GraphDB](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/graphdb) - [Inside ArangoDB](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/inside-arangodb) - [Intel](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/intel) - [Intel PyG](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/intel-pyg) - [Intel Xeon CPU](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/intel-xeon-cpu) - [KG](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/kg) - [Knowledge Graphs](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/knowledge-graphs) - [LLM](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/llm) - [Large Language Models](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/large-language-models) - [Migrate to Graph](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/migrate-to-graph) - [NetworkX Adaptor](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/networkx-adaptor) - [Oasis](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/oasis) - [Partners](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/partners) - [PyG](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/pyg) - [PyTorch Geometric](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/pytorch-geometric) - [RDF](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/rdf) - [Series B](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/series-b) - [adapter](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/adapter) - [analytics](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/analytics) - [analyzers](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/analyzers) - [arangopipe](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/arangopipe) - [atomics](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/atomics) - [aws](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/aws) - [collaboration](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/collaboration) - [concurrency](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/concurrency) - [dev days](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/dev-days) - [fuzzy search](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/fuzzy-search) - [graphsage](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/graphsage) - [licence](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/licence) - [memory model](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/memory-model) - [plugin](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/plugin) - [preprocessing](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/preprocessing) - [recommendation](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/recommendation) - [resource description framework](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/resource-description-framework) - [semantic web](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/semantic-web) - [torch](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/torch) - [turtle](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/turtle) - [x86](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/x86) - [— Relational Database](https://blog.arangodb.com/blog/topic/-relational-database) [![logo](https://blog.arangodb.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/logo.png?width=301&height=50&name=logo.png "logo")](https://arango.ai) ArangoGraph Insights Platform Accelerate application innovation and performance with our next-generation graph data and analytics platform. - - - - - #### Quick Links - [Quick Start](https://docs.arangodb.com/3.11/) - [Roadmap](https://arangodb.com/roadmap/) - [Language Drivers](https://docs.arangodb.com/3.11/develop/drivers/) - [Case Studies](https://arangodb.com/solutions/solutions-customers/#all) - [BI Connectors](https://arangodb.com/community-driven/bi-connector-arangodb/) - [Certification Exam](https://arangodb.com/learn/certification/) #### Info - [Community](https://arangodb.com/community/) - [Events](https://arangodb.com/events) - [Online Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/online-ArangoDB-meetup/) - [Logo/Resources](https://arangodb.com/resources/logos/) - [Stackoverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/arangodb) - [Slack](https://join.slack.com/t/arangodb-community/shared_invite/zt-2d4p43cma-flyf72j9a9wq4A2OtuMFkA) #### About Us - [About Us](https://arangodb.com/about-us/) - [Jobs](https://arangodb.applytojob.com/apply) - [Imprint](https://arangodb.com/imprint/) - [Contact Us](https://arangodb.com/contact/) - [News](https://arangodb.com/news/) - [Google Groups](https://groups.google.com/g/arangodb) #### Stay In Touch Keep up with the latest news from the ArangoDB ©2023 ArangoDB. All Rights Reserved. [Terms & Conditions](https://cloud.arangodb.com/terms-and-conditions)|[Our Privacy Policy](https://cloud.arangodb.com/privacy-policy) ![](https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=336858843477853&ev=PageView&noscript=1)