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# Initiate download



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api/openapi.yaml post /v1/dashboards/{dashboardId}/download
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Omni API
  description: >
    The Omni REST API provides programmatic access to your Omni instance for
    managing users, documents, queries, schedules, and more.  
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Omni Support
    url: https://docs.omni.co
servers:
  - url: https://{instance}.omniapp.co/api
    description: Production
    variables:
      instance:
        default: blobsrus
        description: Your production Omni instance subdomain
  - url: https://{instance}.playground.exploreomni.dev/api
    description: Playground
    variables:
      instance:
        default: blobsrus
        description: Your playground Omni instance subdomain
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
  - orgApiKey: []
tags:
  - name: AI
    description: AI-powered query generation
  - name: API Tokens
    description: >-
      Manage API tokens (Organization keys, Personal Access Tokens, MCP OAuth
      grants)
  - name: Connections
    description: Manage database connections
  - name: Connection environments
    description: Manage connection environments database connections
  - name: Content
    description: Unified content retrieval (documents and folders)
  - name: Content migration
    description: Export and import dashboards
  - name: Content validator
    description: Validate content against models and perform find/replace operations
  - name: Dashboard downloads
    description: Download dashboards and tiles as PDF, PNG, XLSX, CSV, or JSON files
  - name: Dashboard filters and controls
    description: Read and update dashboard filter and control default values
  - name: dbt
    description: Manage dbt configuration for connections
  - name: Documents
    description: Create, retrieve, and manage documents
  - name: Document favorites
    description: Favorite and unfavorite documents
  - name: Document labels
    description: Apply and manage labels on documents
  - name: Document permissions
    description: Manage document-level access
  - name: Labels
    description: >
      Manage labels in an organization. Labels can be applied to documents and
      folders to help organize and categorize content.


      **Label types:**

      - **Basic labels**: Can be created and managed by any user

      - **Verified labels**: Indicate curated or officially sanctioned content.
      Admin-only.

      - **Homepage labels**: Appear on the organization homepage. Admin-only.
  - name: Folders
    description: Create and organize content folders
  - name: Folder permissions
    description: Manage folder-level access
  - name: Jobs
    description: Check status of asynchronous jobs
  - name: Models
    description: Create and manage data models
  - name: Model branches
    description: Manage model branches and merge changes
  - name: Model git configuration
    description: Manage git configuration for shared models
  - name: Queries
    description: Execute workbook queries
  - name: Schedules
    description: Create and manage scheduled tasks
  - name: Schedule recipients
    description: Manage schedule recipients
  - name: Schema refresh schedules
    description: Manage automated schema refresh schedules for connections
  - name: Topics
    description: Retrieve topic information from models
  - name: Uploads
    description: Manage file uploads
  - name: Users
    description: Manage users
  - name: User attributes
    description: Manage user attribute definitions
  - name: User groups
    description: Manage user groups
  - name: User model roles
    description: Manage model and connection role assignments for users
  - name: User group model roles
    description: Manage model and connection role assignments for user groups
  - name: Uploads
    description: Manage CSV and spreadsheet uploads
paths:
  /v1/dashboards/{dashboardId}/download:
    post:
      tags:
        - Dashboard downloads
      summary: Initiate download
      operationId: initiateDashboardDownload
      parameters:
        - name: dashboardId
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
          description: The dashboard identifier (ID or document UUID)
        - name: userId
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
          description: >
            The user ID to run the download as. Only valid when authenticating
            with an organization API key. Use the [List
            users](/api/users/list-users) or [List embed
            users](/api/users/list-embed-users) endpoints to retrieve user IDs.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - format
              properties:
                format:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - pdf
                    - png
                    - csv
                    - xlsx
                    - json
                  description: >
                    Output format:


                    | Format | Full dashboard | Single tile | Notes |

                    |--------|----------------|-------------|-------|

                    | PDF    | Yes            | Yes         |       |

                    | PNG    | Yes            | Yes         |       |

                    | XLSX   | Yes            | Yes         |       |

                    | CSV    | Yes (as ZIP)   | Yes         | For full
                    dashboards, delivery will be a zip file containing one CSV
                    per tile |

                    | JSON   | No             | Yes         | Only single tile
                    is supported. Requires `queryIdentifierMapKey` to be
                    specified. |
                filename:
                  type: string
                  maxLength: 255
                  description: >-
                    Custom filename for the downloaded file. Defaults to the
                    dashboard name.
                queryIdentifierMapKey:
                  type: string
                  description: >
                    Tile identifier to download a single tile instead of the
                    full dashboard. Required for XLSX and JSON formats if
                    `overrideRowLimit=true`.
                filterConfig:
                  type: object
                  description: Dashboard filter values to apply before rendering
                paperFormat:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - fit_page
                    - letter
                    - legal
                    - tabloid
                    - a3
                    - a4
                  default: fit_page
                  description: |
                    **Applicable to PDF and PNG formats**. Page size.
                paperOrientation:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - portrait
                    - landscape
                  description: |
                    **Applicable to PDF and PNG formats**. Page orientation.
                hideTitle:
                  type: boolean
                  default: false
                  description: >
                    **Applicable to PDF and PNG formats**. If `true`, hide the
                    dashboard title in the output.
                showFilters:
                  type: boolean
                  default: true
                  description: >
                    **Applicable to PDF and PNG formats**. If `true`, display
                    applied filter values in the output.
                expandTablesToShowAllRows:
                  type: boolean
                  description: >
                    **Applicable to PDF and PNG formats**. If `true`, expand
                    table tiles to display all rows.
                singleColumnLayout:
                  type: boolean
                  description: >
                    **Applicable to PDF and PNG formats**. If `true`, render
                    tiles in a single column layout.
                enableFormatting:
                  type: boolean
                  default: false
                  description: >
                    **Applicable to CSV, XLSX, and JSON formats**. If `true`,
                    preserve number and date formatting.
                hideHiddenFields:
                  type: boolean
                  default: false
                  description: >
                    **Applicable to CSV and XLSX formats**. If `true`, exclude
                    hidden fields from the output.
                overrideRowLimit:
                  type: boolean
                  default: false
                  description: >
                    **Applicable to CSV, XLSX, and JSON formats**. Used with
                    `maxRowLimit`. If `true`, remove the default row limit.


                    If `true` for XLSX and JSON formats, a
                    `queryIdentifierMapKey` is required.
                maxRowLimit:
                  type: integer
                  minimum: 1
                  maximum: 1000000
                  description: >
                    **Applicable to CSV, XLSX, and JSON formats**. Maximum
                    number of rows to export. Can be used with
                    `overrideRowLimit` to export more rows than the default row
                    limit.
            examples:
              fullDashboardPdf:
                summary: Download full dashboard as PDF
                value:
                  format: pdf
                  paperFormat: letter
                  paperOrientation: landscape
              singleTileJson:
                summary: Download single tile as JSON
                value:
                  format: json
                  queryIdentifierMapKey: '1'
              csvWithOptions:
                summary: Download as CSV with formatting
                value:
                  format: csv
                  enableFormatting: true
                  overrideRowLimit: true
                  maxRowLimit: 50000
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Download initiated successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  job_id:
                    type: string
                    format: uuid
                    description: >-
                      The job ID to use for checking status and downloading the
                      file
                  message:
                    type: string
                    description: Success message
              example:
                job_id: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
                message: Download initiated successfully
        '400':
          description: |
            Bad Request. Possible causes:

            - Missing required `format` field
            - Invalid format value
            - Invalid options for the specified format
            - Malformed JSON body
            - Invalid UUID format
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '403':
          description: Insufficient permissions to download the specified dashboard
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '404':
          description: Dashboard not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '405':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/MethodNotAllowed'
        '409':
          description: A download is already in progress for the specified dashboard
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  detail:
                    type: string
                    description: Error message
                  existing_job_id:
                    type: string
                    format: uuid
                    description: The ID of the existing in-progress job
                  status:
                    type: string
                    description: The status of the existing job
              example:
                detail: >-
                  A download is already in progress for this dashboard. Please
                  wait for it to complete or check its status.
                existing_job_id: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
                status: EXECUTING
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
      security:
        - bearerAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: HTTP response code for the error
          example: <response_code>
        message:
          type: string
          description: Detailed error description
          example: <error_reason>
  responses:
    MethodNotAllowed:
      description: Method Not Allowed - Invalid HTTP method for this endpoint
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    TooManyRequests:
      description: Too Many Requests - Rate limit exceeded (60 requests/minute)
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: >
        Can be either an [Organization API
        Key](/api/authentication#organization-api-keys) or [Personal Access
        Token (PAT)](/api/authentication#personal-access-tokens-pat).


        Include in the `Authorization` header as: `Bearer YOUR_TOKEN`
    orgApiKey:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: >
        Requires an [Organization API
        Key](/api/authentication#organization-api-keys). Personal Access Tokens
        (PATs) are not supported for this endpoint.


        Include in the `Authorization` header as: `Bearer ORGANIZATION_API_KEY`

````