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# Bulk Exports in the API

The Create Bulk Export endpoint ([API docs](https://docs.ideonapi.com/#tag/Bulk-Exports/operation/createBulkExport)) can be used to asynchronously generate dataset files, allowing users to cache data locally to optimize real-time quoting integrations. Through this endpoint, datasets for plan benefits, service areas, and zip-counties can accessed in JSONL format. This page includes general information on using Bulk Exports; the following sub-pages details information specific to each of the supported datasets.

* [Plans](/quote-and-select/additional-information-and-workflows/bulk-exports-in-the-api/plans.md) - available plans and their associated benefits. This file replaces the Plans in Bulk endpoint as the recommended workflow to cache plan benefits to optimize real-time quoting integrations.
* [Service Areas](/quote-and-select/additional-information-and-workflows/bulk-exports-in-the-api/service-areas.md) - the service areas associated with each plan detailing their geographical availability, as defined by ZIP and FIPS codes. This file supports visibility for users into zip-county level plan availability prior to quoting, if desired.
* [Zip-Counties](/quote-and-select/additional-information-and-workflows/bulk-exports-in-the-api/zip-counties.md) - the full set of ZIP and FIPS codes as well as their core metadata supported in Ideon's API.
* [Plan-Network Mapping](/quote-and-select/additional-information-and-workflows/bulk-exports-in-the-api/plan-network-mapping.md) - available plans with their plan identifiers, carrier metadata, and the identifier for their mapped provider-network. Available for IdeonSelect users in the Individual Medical, Small Group Medical, and Medicare Advantage markets.

## General Information

* The `download_url`'s are presigned for authentication. If the URL expires, users can hit the Show Bulk Export endpoint for the `export_id` to generate a new presigned `download_url` for the same export file.
* Requests to the Create Bulk Export endpoint are subject to additional rate limits in Ideon's API. Users are limited to generating 15 bulk exports per day; this is significantly more than would be required for any data caching workflow. These limitations do not apply to the Show Bulk Export endpoint.
* The processing time to generate a bulk export file can vary significantly based on the amount of data being returned. Zip Counties exports will typically complete within 15 seconds. Plan and Service Area exports can take a similar amount of time for very small exports, up to 15 minutes for larger ones. For the latter two export types, we recommend polling every couple of minutes for a *complete* status.
* An empty plans or service areas dataset indicates that the user does not have permissioned access to any plans given the requested filter parameters.