https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/general/40332/downloading-excel-file-in-appian-using-web-apiHi All, I have a requirement to download the data into excel using web api in Appian. Data is coming from external API. Using web api, I am able to dowload .csv and.xls file. But To download the .xlsx file. Is there any way. Currently I am writingen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.appian.com/thread/154239?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:50:04 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:423debdb-af14-497b-b3fb-e0fb3f5bf83bStefan Helzle<p>Your code isn&#39;t turning the data into an Excel file ...</p> <p>Trying to download data from an API, just to forward it to the user as an Excel file is not exactly a great use case for Appian.</p> <p>I think you will have to write the data to a database table, and then use one of the plugins to export it into an XLSX file. Then you can make the user download it.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>