---
title: Bulk export security monitoring rules
description: Datadog, the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring.
breadcrumbs: Docs > API Reference > Security Monitoring
---

# Bulk export security monitoring rules{% #bulk-export-security-monitoring-rules %}
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| Datadog site      | API endpoint                                                                    |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ap1.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/rules/bulk_export |
| ap2.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/rules/bulk_export |
| app.datadoghq.eu  | POST https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/security_monitoring/rules/bulk_export      |
| app.ddog-gov.com  | POST https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/rules/bulk_export      |
| us2.ddog-gov.com  | POST https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/rules/bulk_export  |
| app.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/rules/bulk_export     |
| us3.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/rules/bulk_export |
| us5.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/rules/bulk_export |

### Overview

Export a list of security monitoring rules as a ZIP file containing JSON rule definitions. The endpoint accepts a list of rule IDs and returns a ZIP archive where each rule is saved as a separate JSON file named after the rule. This endpoint requires the `security_monitoring_rules_read` permission.

OAuth apps require the `security_monitoring_rules_read` authorization [scope](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/scopes.md#security-monitoring) to access this endpoint.



### Request

#### Body Data (required)



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| Parent field | Field                        | Type     | Description                                                                                               |
| ------------ | ---------------------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|              | data [*required*]       | object   | Data for bulk exporting security monitoring rules.                                                        |
| data         | attributes [*required*] | object   | Attributes for bulk exporting security monitoring rules.                                                  |
| attributes   | ruleIds [*required*]    | [string] | List of rule IDs to export. Each rule will be included in the resulting ZIP file as a separate JSON file. |
| data         | id                           | string   | Request ID.                                                                                               |
| data         | type [*required*]       | enum     | The type of the resource. Allowed enum values: `security_monitoring_rules_bulk_export`                    |

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```json
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "ruleIds": [
        "string"
      ]
    },
    "type": "security_monitoring_rules_bulk_export"
  }
}
```

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### Response

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OK
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| Field | Type | Description |
| ----- | ---- | ----------- |

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```json
{}
```

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Bad Request
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API error response.

| Field                    | Type     | Description       |
| ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. |

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```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```

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Not Authorized
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API error response.

| Field                    | Type     | Description       |
| ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. |

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```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```

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Not Found
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API error response.

| Field                    | Type     | Description       |
| ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. |

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```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```

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Too many requests
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API error response.

| Field                    | Type     | Description       |
| ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. |

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```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```

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### Code Example

##### 
                          \## default
# 
 \# Curl command curl -X POST "https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/rules/bulk_export" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
-H "DD-APPLICATION-KEY: ${DD_APP_KEY}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "ruleIds": [
        "def-000-u7q",
        "def-000-7dd"
      ]
    },
    "id": "bulk_export",
    "type": "security_monitoring_rules_bulk_export"
  }
}
EOF 
                        
##### 

```go
// Bulk export security monitoring rules returns "OK" response

package main

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"os"

	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadog"
	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadogV2"
)

func main() {
	// there is a valid "security_rule" in the system
	SecurityRuleID := os.Getenv("SECURITY_RULE_ID")

	body := datadogV2.SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkExportPayload{
		Data: datadogV2.SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkExportData{
			Attributes: datadogV2.SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkExportAttributes{
				RuleIds: []string{
					SecurityRuleID,
				},
			},
			Type: datadogV2.SECURITYMONITORINGRULEBULKEXPORTDATATYPE_SECURITY_MONITORING_RULES_BULK_EXPORT,
		},
	}
	ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background())
	configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration()
	apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration)
	api := datadogV2.NewSecurityMonitoringApi(apiClient)
	resp, r, err := api.BulkExportSecurityMonitoringRules(ctx, body)

	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error when calling `SecurityMonitoringApi.BulkExportSecurityMonitoringRules`: %v\n", err)
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", r)
	}

	responseContent, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp)
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `SecurityMonitoringApi.BulkExportSecurityMonitoringRules`:\n%s\n", responseContent)
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=go) and then save the example to `main.go` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" go run "main.go"
##### 

```java
// Bulk export security monitoring rules returns "OK" response

import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient;
import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.api.SecurityMonitoringApi;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkExportAttributes;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkExportData;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkExportDataType;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkExportPayload;
import java.io.File;
import java.util.Collections;

public class Example {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient();
    SecurityMonitoringApi apiInstance = new SecurityMonitoringApi(defaultClient);

    // there is a valid "security_rule" in the system
    String SECURITY_RULE_ID = System.getenv("SECURITY_RULE_ID");

    SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkExportPayload body =
        new SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkExportPayload()
            .data(
                new SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkExportData()
                    .attributes(
                        new SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkExportAttributes()
                            .ruleIds(Collections.singletonList(SECURITY_RULE_ID)))
                    .type(
                        SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkExportDataType
                            .SECURITY_MONITORING_RULES_BULK_EXPORT));

    try {
      File result = apiInstance.bulkExportSecurityMonitoringRules(body);
      System.out.println(result);
    } catch (ApiException e) {
      System.err.println(
          "Exception when calling SecurityMonitoringApi#bulkExportSecurityMonitoringRules");
      System.err.println("Status code: " + e.getCode());
      System.err.println("Reason: " + e.getResponseBody());
      System.err.println("Response headers: " + e.getResponseHeaders());
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=java) and then save the example to `Example.java` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" java "Example.java"
##### 

```python
"""
Bulk export security monitoring rules returns "OK" response
"""

from os import environ
from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration
from datadog_api_client.v2.api.security_monitoring_api import SecurityMonitoringApi
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.security_monitoring_rule_bulk_export_attributes import (
    SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkExportAttributes,
)
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.security_monitoring_rule_bulk_export_data import SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkExportData
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.security_monitoring_rule_bulk_export_data_type import (
    SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkExportDataType,
)
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.security_monitoring_rule_bulk_export_payload import (
    SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkExportPayload,
)

# there is a valid "security_rule" in the system
SECURITY_RULE_ID = environ["SECURITY_RULE_ID"]

body = SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkExportPayload(
    data=SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkExportData(
        attributes=SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkExportAttributes(
            rule_ids=[
                SECURITY_RULE_ID,
            ],
        ),
        type=SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkExportDataType.SECURITY_MONITORING_RULES_BULK_EXPORT,
    ),
)

configuration = Configuration()
with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
    api_instance = SecurityMonitoringApi(api_client)
    response = api_instance.bulk_export_security_monitoring_rules(body=body)

    print(response.read())
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=python) and then save the example to `example.py` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" python3 "example.py"
##### 

```ruby
# Bulk export security monitoring rules returns "OK" response

require "datadog_api_client"
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::SecurityMonitoringAPI.new

# there is a valid "security_rule" in the system
SECURITY_RULE_ID = ENV["SECURITY_RULE_ID"]

body = DatadogAPIClient::V2::SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkExportPayload.new({
  data: DatadogAPIClient::V2::SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkExportData.new({
    attributes: DatadogAPIClient::V2::SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkExportAttributes.new({
      rule_ids: [
        SECURITY_RULE_ID,
      ],
    }),
    type: DatadogAPIClient::V2::SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkExportDataType::SECURITY_MONITORING_RULES_BULK_EXPORT,
  }),
})
p api_instance.bulk_export_security_monitoring_rules(body)
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=ruby) and then save the example to `example.rb` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" rb "example.rb"
##### 

```rust
// Bulk export security monitoring rules returns "OK" response
use datadog_api_client::datadog;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_security_monitoring::SecurityMonitoringAPI;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkExportAttributes;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkExportData;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkExportDataType;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkExportPayload;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    // there is a valid "security_rule" in the system
    let security_rule_id = std::env::var("SECURITY_RULE_ID").unwrap();
    let body =
        SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkExportPayload::new(SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkExportData::new(
            SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkExportAttributes::new(vec![security_rule_id.clone()]),
            SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkExportDataType::SECURITY_MONITORING_RULES_BULK_EXPORT,
        ));
    let configuration = datadog::Configuration::new();
    let api = SecurityMonitoringAPI::with_config(configuration);
    let resp = api.bulk_export_security_monitoring_rules(body).await;
    if let Ok(value) = resp {
        println!("{:#?}", value);
    } else {
        println!("{:#?}", resp.unwrap_err());
    }
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=rust) and then save the example to `src/main.rs` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" cargo run
##### 

```typescript
/**
 * Bulk export security monitoring rules returns "OK" response
 */

import { client, v2 } from "@datadog/datadog-api-client";

const configuration = client.createConfiguration();
const apiInstance = new v2.SecurityMonitoringApi(configuration);

// there is a valid "security_rule" in the system
const SECURITY_RULE_ID = process.env.SECURITY_RULE_ID as string;

const params: v2.SecurityMonitoringApiBulkExportSecurityMonitoringRulesRequest =
  {
    body: {
      data: {
        attributes: {
          ruleIds: [SECURITY_RULE_ID],
        },
        type: "security_monitoring_rules_bulk_export",
      },
    },
  };

apiInstance
  .bulkExportSecurityMonitoringRules(params)
  .then((data: client.HttpFile) => {
    console.log(
      "API called successfully. Returned data: " + JSON.stringify(data)
    );
  })
  .catch((error: any) => console.error(error));
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=typescript) and then save the example to `example.ts` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" tsc "example.ts"
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