How do I view the "Data Export" button in the privately shared channel in ThingSpeak?

How do I view the "Data Export" button in the privately shared channel in ThingSpeak?

This button is available for Public Channels i.e., channels shared with "Share channel view with everyone" option. But the button is not available for privately shared channel i.e., "Share channel view only with the following users" option. How can I save the feed as a CSV for privately shared channel?

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

The purpose of sharing a channel privately to a select number of users is that they can view the visuals of the data.

However, if you want to save the feed data as a CSV from a privately shared channel, you need to make an API request with the Read API key and Channel ID. For example, a sample request can be given as follows:

https://api.thingspeak.com/channels/CHANNEL_ID/feeds.csv?api_key=READ_API_KEY&start=YYYY-MM-DD%20HH:NN:SS

More information on the ThingSpeak API can be found in the documentation page linked below:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/thingspeak/readdata.html

Please note that if the feed has more than 8000 records, the data would be save as multiple CSV files. This is the same behavior exhibited by the "Data Export" button in the public channels.