# Can we output a post to a text file?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-output-a-post-to-a-text-file/81210
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 22, 2018, 9:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-output-a-post-to-a-text-file/81210 "2018-02-22T09:01:54Z")
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### Author: ![xiasummer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/xiasummer/32/82790_2.png) [@xiasummer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xiasummer)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2018, 9:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-output-a-post-to-a-text-file/81210/1 "2018-02-22T09:01:54Z")

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I want the html transform to .txt file?

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### Author: ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2018, 9:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-output-a-post-to-a-text-file/81210/2 "2018-02-22T09:51:28Z")

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Looking for “raw”?  
`https://meta.discourse.org/raw/81210`  
[https://meta.discourse.org/raw/81210](https://meta.discourse.org/raw/81210)

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### Author: ![mikechristopher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mikechristopher/32/89135_2.png) [@mikechristopher](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mikechristopher)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2018, 10:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-output-a-post-to-a-text-file/81210/3 "2018-02-22T10:00:50Z")

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As said above you could export as raw but depends on what you are trying to achieve by this?

You could potentially use a [webhook](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-webhooks-and-zapier/56753) and something like [zapier](https://zapier.com/apps/discourse/integrations)

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-output-a-post-to-a-text-file/81210/4 "2020-06-09T21:06:13Z")

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-output-a-post-to-a-text-file/81210/5 "2020-07-09T21:06:56Z")

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