# How to download data in simple terms and procedure

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**Category:** Data\
**Created:** [December 7, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.purpleair.com/t/how-to-download-data-in-simple-terms-and-procedure/7469 "2023-12-07T20:26:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Josh\_PurpleAir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.purpleair.com/josh_purpleair/32/2842_2.png) [@Josh\_PurpleAir](https://community.purpleair.com/u/Josh_PurpleAir)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.purpleair.com/t/how-to-download-data-in-simple-terms-and-procedure/7469/2 "2023-12-07T20:37:42Z")

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Hi @alexano, instructions on obtaining sensor indexes are found in our [Sensor Index](https://community.purpleair.com/t/sensor-index/4000) article. After you [create API keys](https://community.purpleair.com/t/creating-api-keys/3951), you can then use sensor indexes to obtain data by using the [Data Download Tool](https://community.purpleair.com/t/purpleair-data-download-tool/3787) or directly querying the [PurpleAir API](https://api.purpleair.com/).

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