The d.velop documents repo export API (export API) is a REST HTTP endpoint through which you can retrieve metadata, links to files and system configurations (master data). Starting from the migration interface, the export API assists with the export of documents from d.velop documents.

The output format for the metadata information is StandardDocumentImportFormat (JSON). This format is the defined target format for the migration API and contains practically all the metadata information for a d.3 document. Thus, this interface enables the general export of documents from d.velop documents. The document export feature is provided in both the cloud version and the on-premises version from 7.2.2 onward (with an additionally installed d.ecs jstore instance).

This makes it easy to perform direct migrations from the d.velop on-premises platform to the cloud platform. It highlights potential solutions for customers to exit the cloud platform of d.velop cloud again (exit strategy) or to perform backups themselves.

The export API is available in the cloud via a dmsdocs app endpoint.

In on-premises systems, you can install the export API via the d.3 server tool setup.

In older d.3 server environments (version 7), the export API can update the document information to the current format at runtime. As a result, you no longer have to perform any laborious update processes before a cloud migration.

Furthermore, you can export original files directly from storage systems with the export API as of d.ecs storage manager version 3.3.0. The current API development version does not support encrypted directory structures (document trees). Therefore, original files cannot be exported from these systems.

You can operate the export API either via HTTP or through a client solution via d.velop documents repo exporter.