App Extract API

A focused use case

Export a user-authorized list of completed tasks from an application into a reporting record. Keep app-specific identifiers and status meanings intact.

A practical workflow

Prefer the app’s documented interface or an export initiated by the account owner. Map available resources into a small canonical record, retain pagination state, and report fields the granted scope cannot supply.

An example record contract

These fields illustrate the decisions to make before implementation. Adapt the names and required values to the receiving system; the table is not a promise of a live endpoint or a provider-specific response.

Limits worth keeping visible

An app interface does not grant access to another app’s private storage. Authentication and source permissions belong in the implementation, not in public website assets.

Before increasing the workload

Run a small, authorized test set through the whole path, including the receiving application. Keep accepted, rejected, and incomplete outcomes distinguishable. A result should retain the context needed to explain its meaning after it leaves the extractor.

Continue with Data Extract API: Build a Contract You Can Trust for the full implementation discussion, and use the sample contract documentation to review the shape of a handoff.