# How to export flows of a nodered server from remote server with powershell?

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**Category:** General\
**Tags:** importexport, flows\
**Created:** [13 January 2025 13:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-export-flows-of-a-nodered-server-from-remote-server-with-powershell/94579 "2025-01-13T13:52:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [14 January 2025 06:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-export-flows-of-a-nodered-server-from-remote-server-with-powershell/94579/5 "2025-01-14T06:49:05Z")

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If the following works passing thru your firewalls, well...I suppose

You could try to use the admin API

Myself, I did setup a remote Node-RED and I communicate successfully with that instance via a public MQTT cloud service (HiveMQ). From a local NodeRED instance I can check if the remote is online or not, ask for the complete flow as well as separate tabs, update existing or add newtabs and some other specific tasks like getting complete chart data. All communication goes thru the MQTT cloud service and I have not opened any ports in the firewalls

> [@Experimenting with the Admin API](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/experimenting-with-the-admin-api/93641/3):
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> I continued my stumbling experimenting further, now with nodes kindly shared by @gregorius In my nearby, local RPi, I have a flow that can send a request to a remote RPi to get the complete flow returned. Communication between the both is via a public MQTT cloud service (HiveMQ) The returned flow is saved to disk. Then being imported for some editing, then exported to a another file, finally sent to the remote, again via MQTT My local RPi When the flow is arrived at the remote site…

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