Export view to CSV file without 10 min limit

Introduction

Perhaps you are faced with the problem of the CSV file request frequency limit.

To work around this, we use small javascript (bookmarklet) that receives the data via Zendesk API and saves it to a CSV file.

You can get the script HERE to set it up for yourself. It`s open source and FREE. Enjoy!

How it works

This video shows how it works.

Here's the source code

Following is the script code. Feel free to modify it for your own needs!

javascript:var win=window.open("","","width=600,height=500,scrollbars=yes");var vn=+window.location.href.replace(/(.*filters\/)/,""); var w=win.document; w.write("<p style='font-family: Arial; color:black; margin:3; font-size: 12; align-text:right;'>Export view to CSV file <a href='http://app1.roundrobin-assignment.com/?utm_source=prs' target=' _blank'>Created by Round Robin App team</a> (<a href='https://twitter.com/RoundRobinApp' target=' _blank'>@RoundRobinApp</a>)</p><div style='background-color:#4C4F53; margin-bottom:15'><input type='text' id='fn' value='view"+vn+".csv' style='margin:4'><button type='button' onclick='mycl()'>Save</button></div>"); w.write("<script>function mycl(){var saveData = (function () { var a = document.createElement('a'); document.body.appendChild(a); a.style = 'display: none'; return function (data, fileName) { try{ var blob = new Blob([data], {type: 'octet/stream'}); var url = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob); a.href = url; a.download = fileName; a.click(); setTimeout(function(){window.URL.revokeObjectURL(url);}, 2000); } catch(e) {alert('Your browser does not support saving files created on the client side. Please use Copy and Paste.')} }; }());var data=document.getElementById('data').innerHTML;data=data.replace(/(<br.*>)/g,'');var fileName = document.getElementById('fn').value;saveData(data, fileName);}</script>");var url="/api/v2/views/"+vn+"/execute.json";var l=1;f(url);function ai(a, s, p){for(var i = 0, len = a.length; i < len; i++){if (a[i][p] === s) return i;} return -1;}; function gv(o, r, a){var v=o.rows[r][a]; if (typeof v == "undefined") {v=o.rows[r][a+"_id"];}; if (v !== null) {if(a=="assignee" || a=="requester"){return o.users[ai(o.users, v, "id")].name}; if (a=="group") {return o.groups[ai(o.groups, v, "id")].name};if (a=="organization"){return o.organizations[ai(o.organizations, v, "id")].name};if (a=="via"){return v.channel}; return v;} else {return ""};};function f(u){var xh=new XMLHttpRequest();xh.onreadystatechange=function() {var obj; if(xh.readyState==4&&xh.status==200){obj=JSON.parse(xh.responseText); w.write("<div id='data'style='font-family:Arial;font-size:14;'>"); var q=String.fromCharCode(34); var q1 =String.fromCharCode(39); var s="id,Description"; if (l == 1) {for (var j = 0; j < obj.columns.length; j++) { s += ","+q+obj.columns[j].title+q; }; l=0; w.write(s+String.fromCharCode(13,10)+"<br id=0>"); }; for (var i = 0; i < obj.rows.length; i++) {var s=obj.rows[i].ticket.id+","+q+obj.rows[i].ticket.description.replace(/[\r\n]/g," ").replace(/"/g, q1).replace(/\s+/g, " ")+q; for (var j = 0; j < obj.columns.length; j++) {s += ","+q+gv(obj,i,obj.columns[j].id).toString().replace(/[\r\n]/g," ").replace(/"/g, q1).replace(/\s+/g, " ")+q; }; w.write(s+String.fromCharCode(13,10)+"<br id=0>"); }; if(obj.next_page!==null){f(obj.next_page)}else{w.write("</div>")}; }; };xh.open("GET",u,true);xh.send();};