# Exportables

In the previous example, we used the Excel::download facade to start an export.

Laravel Excel also provides a Maatwebsite\Excel\Concerns\Exportable trait, to make export classes exportable.

namespace App\Exports;

use Maatwebsite\Excel\Concerns\FromCollection;
use Maatwebsite\Excel\Concerns\Exportable;

class InvoicesExport implements FromCollection
{
    use Exportable;

    public function collection()
    {
        return Invoice::all();
    }
}
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We can now download the export without the need for the facade:

return (new InvoicesExport)->download('invoices.xlsx');
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Or store it on a disk:

return (new InvoicesExport)->store('invoices.xlsx', 's3');
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# Responsable

The previous example can be made even shorter when adding Laravel's Responsable interface to the export class:

namespace App\Exports;

use Illuminate\Contracts\Support\Responsable;
use Maatwebsite\Excel\Concerns\FromCollection;
use Maatwebsite\Excel\Concerns\Exportable;

class InvoicesExport implements FromCollection, Responsable
{
    use Exportable;
    
    /**
    * It's required to define the fileName within
    * the export class when making use of Responsable.
    */
    private $fileName = 'invoices.xlsx';

    public function collection()
    {
        return Invoice::all();
    }
}
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You can now easily return the export class, without the need of calling ->download().

return new InvoicesExport();
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