> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.honestly.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Honestly Export API: What You Can Export

> The Honestly Export API provides programmatic access to your survey results, employee records, question data, and aggregated engagement scores.

The Honestly Export API gives data teams, BI analysts, and HR analytics professionals programmatic access to the employee engagement data collected by Honestly. Instead of relying on manual exports or one-off reports, you can stream survey results, employee records, and aggregated scores directly into your own data warehouse or analytics platform — keeping your internal systems in sync with the engagement data your organisation depends on.

## What you can export

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  <Card title="Surveys" icon="clipboard-list" href="/developers/api-reference/surveys">
    Retrieve all surveys, their status, schedule, and metadata to understand the full landscape of engagement programmes running in your organisation.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Questions" icon="circle-question" href="/developers/api-reference/questions">
    Access individual questions across surveys, including question text and structure, so you can map responses back to the specific prompts that generated them.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Employees" icon="users" href="/developers/api-reference/employees">
    Retrieve employee records and roles to enrich your engagement data with workforce context and enable segmentation in downstream reporting.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Survey Assignments" icon="user-check" href="/developers/api-reference/survey-assignments">
    See which employees are assigned to which surveys, so you can reconcile participation rates and understand coverage across teams and cohorts.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Scores" icon="chart-bar" href="/developers/api-reference/scores">
    Pull aggregated, anonymity-protected engagement scores that summarise sentiment across your workforce without exposing individual responses.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Initiatives" icon="list-check" href="/developers/api-reference/initiatives">
    List the initiatives (action items) teams derive from survey results, including their status, linked survey and questions, and assignee.
  </Card>
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## Key capabilities

The Honestly Export API is designed for reliable, large-scale data extraction. All list endpoints support **offset-based pagination**, so you can walk through thousands of records in controlled batches without risk of timeouts or memory pressure. Every request is authenticated via a simple **API key** passed in the `X-Api-Key` request header, making it straightforward to integrate with scripts, ETL pipelines, and BI tools. The API follows a **backward-compatible versioning** policy, meaning existing integrations will not break when non-breaking fields or endpoints are added. Date and time parameters conform to **RFC 3339** formatting throughout, ensuring consistent handling across time zones and downstream systems.

<Note>
  To get started, you'll need an API key. See [Authentication](/developers/authentication) for details.
</Note>