Appian Export

Export an Appian application or package to a ZIP file by UUID. Use when the user wants to export, download, or back up an Appian application or package from an environment.

Appian Manager

Exports an Appian application or package as a ZIP using the v2 Deployment Management API.

Usage

bash

# Export an application
node {baseDir}/scripts/index.js <applicationUuid> [exportName]

# Export a specific package under an application
node {baseDir}/scripts/index.js <applicationUuid> --package <packageUuid> [exportName]

Argument	Description
applicationUuid	UUID of the Appian application
packageUuid	UUID of the specific package (use appian-listpkg to list them)
exportName	Optional filename override; if omitted Appian's own name (with timestamp) is used

Examples

bash

# Export full application
node {baseDir}/scripts/index.js _a-0000de15-1f1c-8000-5130-010000010000_12559

# Export a specific package under that application
node {baseDir}/scripts/index.js _a-0000de15-1f1c-8000-5130-010000010000_12559 --package _a-0007ee60-0f3e-8000-e0f6-01ef9001ef90_137916

The script polls until COMPLETED and saves the ZIP to ~/appian-exports/. When running inside a container (where the working directory differs from ~/appian-exports/), the ZIP is also copied to appian-exports/ inside the current working directory for easy access.

After running

Always report back to the user:

• The ZIP path printed after ZIP path: (primary location)
• The Copied to path if printed (accessible in appian-exports/ inside the current working directory)
• The file size in KB

External endpoints

• POST ${APPIAN_BASE_URL}/deployments — triggers the export
• GET ${APPIAN_BASE_URL}/deployments/{uuid} — polls for completion
• GET <packageZip URL> — downloads the resulting ZIP

Security

• Credentials (APPIAN_BASE_URL, APPIAN_API_KEY) are read from environment variables (injected by OpenClaw at runtime). If not injected, the script falls back to a appian.json file in the current working directory.
• No data is sent to any third-party service — all requests go to your configured Appian environment.
• The exported ZIP is written locally to ~/appian-exports/ and never uploaded anywhere.
• No shell commands are executed; all operations use Node.js built-in APIs.