gcloud alpha firestore export

NAME
gcloud alpha firestore export - export Cloud Firestore documents to Google Cloud Storage
SYNOPSIS
gcloud alpha firestore exportOUTPUT_URI_PREFIX[--async][--collection-ids=[COLLECTION_GROUP_IDS,…]][--database=DATABASE; default="(default)"][--namespace-ids=[NAMESPACE_IDS,…]][--snapshot-time=SNAPSHOT_TIME][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG]
DESCRIPTION
(ALPHA) export Cloud Firestore documents to Google Cloud Storage.
EXAMPLES
To export all collection groups tomybucket in objects prefixedwithmy/path, run:
gcloudalphafirestoreexportgs://mybucket/my/path

To export a specific set of collections groups asynchronously, run:

gcloudalphafirestoreexportgs://mybucket/my/path--collection-ids='specific collection group1','specific collection group2'--async

To export all collection groups from certain namespace, run:

gcloudalphafirestoreexportgs://mybucket/my/path--namespace-ids='specific namespace id'

To export from a snapshot at '2023-05-26T10:20:00.00Z', run:

gcloudalphafirestoreexportgs://mybucket/my/path--snapshot-time='2023-05-26T10:20:00.00Z'
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
OUTPUT_URI_PREFIX
Location where the export files will be stored. Must be a valid Google CloudStorage bucket with an optional path prefix.

For example:

gcloudalphafirestoreexportgs://mybucket/my/path

Will place the export in themybucket bucket in objects prefixedwithmy/path.

FLAGS
--async
Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
--collection-ids=[COLLECTION_GROUP_IDS,…]
List specifying which collection groups will be included in the operation. Whenomitted, all collection groups are included.

For example, to operate on only thecustomers andorders collections groups:

gcloudalphafirestoreexport--collection-ids='customers','orders'
--database=DATABASE; default="(default)"
The database to operate on. The default value is(default).

For example, to operate on databasefoo:

gcloudalphafirestoreexport--database='foo'
--namespace-ids=[NAMESPACE_IDS,…]
List specifying which namespaces will be included in the operation. Whenomitted, all namespaces are included.

This is only supported for Datastore Mode databases.

For example, to operate on only thecustomers andorders namespaces:

gcloudalphafirestoreexport--namespaces-ids='customers','orders'
--snapshot-time=SNAPSHOT_TIME
The version of the database to export.

The timestamp must be in the past, rounded to the minute and not older thanearliestVersionTime. If specified, then the exported documents willrepresent a consistent view of the database at the provided time. Otherwise,there are no guarantees about the consistency of the exported documents.

For example, to operate on snapshot time2023-05-26T10:20:00.00Z:

gcloudalphafirestoreexport--snapshot-time='2023-05-26T10:20:00.00Z'
GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
These flags are available to all commands:--access-token-file,--account,--billing-project,--configuration,--flags-file,--flatten,--format,--help,--impersonate-service-account,--log-http,--project,--quiet,--trace-token,--user-output-enabled,--verbosity.

Run$gcloud help for details.

NOTES
This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If thiscommand fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project,you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early accessallowlist. These variants are also available:
gcloudfirestoreexport
gcloudbetafirestoreexport

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Last updated 2025-11-18 UTC.