# How do I post curl commands in graylog?
**URL:** https://community.graylog.org/t/how-do-i-post-curl-commands-in-graylog/24595
**Category:** Graylog Central (peer support)
**Tags:** curl
**Created:** [July 2, 2022, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/how-do-i-post-curl-commands-in-graylog/24595 "2022-07-02T13:57:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@sruju333](https://community.graylog.org/u/sruju333)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2022, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/how-do-i-post-curl-commands-in-graylog/24595/1 "2022-07-02T13:57:00Z")
Hi,
I recently got started with graylogs and I understand that we can get logs for a particular application using the GUI provided after we specify the below parameters -
- Relative/Absolute time
- Search query
and then we can download the output as .csv file.
I have already tried this method out, and the problem I faced was that, If I had to obtain logs for every 1 hour interval for a period of 3 days, I had to manually change the time and download the .csv files and arrange it.
For now, I wish to use a different method to obtain the logs. I want to use **curl requests** as the input instead of the GUI.
My Question Is - How/Where do we specify curls instead of using the GUI to get the logs?
I am not much of an expert in graylogs so I didn’t see any option related curls. I already know how to write the curls for graylogs thanks to a comment made by Jan Doberstein, link to post below -
> [@Graylog4 rest api search export](https://community.graylog.org/t/graylog4-rest-api-search-export/18727):
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> after upgrade to 4.0.2 we cannot use rest api search export: rest api call ‘api/search/universal/keyword/export?query=%22sshd%22&keyword=%22yesterday%22&batch\_size=500&fields=timestamp’ get 0 records back if we use the call ‘api/search/universal/keyword?query=“sshd”&keyword=“yesterday”&batch\_size=500&fields=timestamp%2Csource%2Cmessage’ we are see the messages but in json format was the export disabled in 4.0.2 or is it a bug? Update: if we set limit=-1 then we get records but this field is …
Where do I find the ‘Export API’ mentioned in the comment (in the post above) ?
Im currently using MacOS. (I don’t think that’s useful, but ok.)
Thanks! Looking forward to some help!
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### Author:  [@gsmith](https://community.graylog.org/u/gsmith)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/how-do-i-post-curl-commands-in-graylog/24595/2 "2022-07-04T22:18:09Z")
Hello && Welcome @sruju333
> [@sruju333](#):
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> Where do I find the ‘Export API’ mentioned in the comment (in the post above) ?
Navigate to System/Nodes → API browser
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### Author:  [@sruju333](https://community.graylog.org/u/sruju333)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2022, 11:09am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/how-do-i-post-curl-commands-in-graylog/24595/3 "2022-07-05T11:09:09Z")
Thank you very much.
‘Export API’ was a confusing term for a beginner.
I was able to find the ‘Export API’ which I needed after accessing the base\_URL/api/api-browser endpoint (same as above) and then going to /search/universal/absolute/export API.
This partially solves my problem, will post another question if the need arises. Thank you once again.
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### Author:  [@gsmith](https://community.graylog.org/u/gsmith)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/how-do-i-post-curl-commands-in-graylog/24595/4 "2022-07-05T21:28:33Z")
Awesome, glad to help. If you could mark this as resolved this will help future search’s 👍
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.graylog.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/how-do-i-post-curl-commands-in-graylog/24595/5 "2022-07-19T21:29:28Z")
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