Use Meraki API to extract files from MDM Meraki managed computers

[VicTox]

Has anyone tried, or know of any option to use the API to extract files from managed computers?
We need to extract some files created by script on the computers, and we would like to do it using the Meraki API.

[alemabrahao]

There isn’t a direct method available in the Meraki API to extract files from managed computers. But you can open a support case to confirm it.

[PhilipDAth]

Plan-B.  Modify that script to "push" those files somewhere.  File server.  SFTP server.  Github.  Something like that.

[VicTox]

Thanks for the answers.

Well, we want to know if the API is capable of doing this, since in our case it would help us to be able to get more information from the laptops, and in a safe way.
We also think that it would be a very useful tool for the MDM that would open up many possibilities

[sungod]

The API cannot do it.

I think it unlikely that it ever would be a feature: the data flow would require the device file(s) to first be uploaded to Dashboard to then be delivered via the API endpoint. Aside from the temporary data storage needed, there's potential for accidental/deliberate misuse, GDPR etc., if I were Meraki I'd never add such a feature.

Having the script upload direct to somewhere as suggested by @PhilipDAth  is how I'd do it.