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Recordings

Recordings represent every data file recorded by your organization's devices.

Import, delete, and search recordings from the Recordings page:

Recordings page

Hover over each recording to visualize it using Foxglove panels. Open the recording's "Actions" menu to delete it or to download it as an .mcap or .bag file:

Recording actions

Select specific time ranges of data to download from the Timeline page.

Actions

DefinitionCLI command
ImportImport a data recording for a device in your organizationfoxglove data import ~/data/bags/gps.bag --device-id dev_drpLqjBZYUzus3gv
DeleteDelete a data recording imported into your organizationN/A
Attach contextual dataImport MCAP files with metadata recordsN/A
Attach auxiliary dataImport MCAP files with attachmentsN/A
DownloadDownload a data recording as an MCAP or ROS 1 .bag filefoxglove data export --device-id dev_flm75pLkfzUBX2DH --start 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z --end 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z --output-format mcap0 --topics /gps/fix,/gps/fix_velocity > output.mcap

Search recordings by device, time range, and other properties on the Recordings page.

Note: Searching by metadata is currently in private preview, please contact us if your team would like access.

Use the syntax below to filter by metadata keys and values that were in the MCAP metadata records.

Specific keyAny key
Specific valueweather:rain*:rain
Any valueweather:*
Multiple values (all required)weather:rain weather:fog
Multiple values (1+ required)weather:rain,fog,"mostly sunny"

A single word (e.g. error) will look for matching metadata keys OR values.

Non-alphanumeric characters can be used inside quotes (e.g. "/weather/rain":* or "@my.custom.key":"10%").

Note: Recordings with total MCAP metadata size of > 1MiB do not show up in this search.