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Can I extract custom reports from business central as pdf through an API?

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I am trying to extract some reports i have created through an external API but i can't seem to find a way how to.

Any assistance would be appreciated

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    Bilal Haider Profile Picture
    Bilal Haider 485 on at

    Yes you can. One way can be similar to this code.

    procedure ExportReport() responseText: Text

       var

           ResponseObject: JsonObject;

       begin

           ResponseObject.Add('reportName', 'Inventory List');

           ResponseObject.Add('extension', 'xlsx');

           ResponseObject.Add('content', RunReport());

           ResponseObject.WriteTo(responseText);

       end;

       local procedure RunReport(): Text

       var

           InventoryListReport: Report "Inventory - List";

           TempBlob: Codeunit "Temp Blob";

           Base64Convert: Codeunit "Base64 Convert";

           FileText: Text;

           MyOutStream: OutStream;

           MyInStream: InStream;

       begin

           //SetTableView and SetReqFilter if required

           TempBlob.CreateOutStream(MyOutStream);

           InventoryListReport.UseRequestPage(false);

           InventoryListReport.SaveAs('', ReportFormat::Excel, MyOutStream);

           TempBlob.CreateInStream(MyInStream);

           FileText := Base64Convert.ToBase64(MyInStream);

           exit(FileText);

       end;

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