diff --git a/main/src/com/google/refine/commands/project/ExportRowsCommand.java b/main/src/com/google/refine/commands/project/ExportRowsCommand.java
index ebdbed118..2a346fb4b 100644
--- a/main/src/com/google/refine/commands/project/ExportRowsCommand.java
+++ b/main/src/com/google/refine/commands/project/ExportRowsCommand.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import com.google.refine.commands.Command;
 import com.google.refine.exporters.CsvExporter;
 import com.google.refine.exporters.Exporter;
 import com.google.refine.exporters.ExporterRegistry;
+import com.google.refine.exporters.StreamExporter;
+import com.google.refine.exporters.WriterExporter;
 import com.google.refine.model.Project;
 
 public class ExportRowsCommand extends Command {
@@ -50,11 +52,15 @@ public class ExportRowsCommand extends Command {
             response.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
             response.setHeader("Content-Type", exporter.getContentType());
 
-            if (exporter.takeWriter()) {
+            if (exporter instanceof WriterExporter) {
                 PrintWriter writer = response.getWriter();
-                exporter.export(project, options, engine, writer);
+                ((WriterExporter) exporter).export(project, options, engine, writer);
+            } else if (exporter instanceof StreamExporter) {
+                ((StreamExporter) exporter).export(project, options, engine, response.getOutputStream());
+            } else if (exporter instanceof StreamExporter) {
+                ((StreamExporter) exporter).export(project, options, engine, response.getOutputStream());
             } else {
-                exporter.export(project, options, engine, response.getOutputStream());
+                respondException(response, new RuntimeException("Unknown exporter type"));
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {
             respondException(response, e);
diff --git a/main/src/com/google/refine/exporters/CsvExporter.java b/main/src/com/google/refine/exporters/CsvExporter.java
index a4f2fc2ce..6d3e0ccf6 100644
--- a/main/src/com/google/refine/exporters/CsvExporter.java
+++ b/main/src/com/google/refine/exporters/CsvExporter.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package com.google.refine.exporters;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ import com.google.refine.model.Column;
 import com.google.refine.model.Project;
 import com.google.refine.model.Row;
 
-public class CsvExporter implements Exporter{
+public class CsvExporter implements WriterExporter{
 
     final static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger("CsvExporter");
     char separator;
@@ -30,12 +29,6 @@ public class CsvExporter implements Exporter{
         this.separator = separator;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void export(Project project, Properties options, Engine engine, OutputStream outputStream)
-            throws IOException {
-        throw new RuntimeException("Not implemented");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public void export(Project project, Properties options, Engine engine, Writer writer) throws IOException {
         boolean printColumnHeader = true;
@@ -107,9 +100,4 @@ public class CsvExporter implements Exporter{
         return "application/x-unknown";
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public boolean takeWriter() {
-        return true;
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/main/src/com/google/refine/exporters/Exporter.java b/main/src/com/google/refine/exporters/Exporter.java
index f92b32fe4..ecd5778e0 100644
--- a/main/src/com/google/refine/exporters/Exporter.java
+++ b/main/src/com/google/refine/exporters/Exporter.java
@@ -1,19 +1,9 @@
 package com.google.refine.exporters;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
-import java.io.Writer;
-import java.util.Properties;
-
-import com.google.refine.browsing.Engine;
-import com.google.refine.model.Project;
 
 public interface Exporter {
+    /**
+     * @return MIME content type handled by exporter
+     */
     public String getContentType();
-    
-    public boolean takeWriter();
-    
-    public void export(Project project, Properties options, Engine engine, OutputStream outputStream) throws IOException;
-    
-    public void export(Project project, Properties options, Engine engine, Writer writer) throws IOException;
 }
diff --git a/main/src/com/google/refine/exporters/StreamExporter.java b/main/src/com/google/refine/exporters/StreamExporter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..925ea975c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/com/google/refine/exporters/StreamExporter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package com.google.refine.exporters;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import com.google.refine.browsing.Engine;
+import com.google.refine.model.Project;
+
+
+public interface StreamExporter extends Exporter {
+
+    public void export(Project project, Properties options, Engine engine, OutputStream outputStream) throws IOException;
+
+}
diff --git a/main/src/com/google/refine/exporters/UrlExporter.java b/main/src/com/google/refine/exporters/UrlExporter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..50358768f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/com/google/refine/exporters/UrlExporter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package com.google.refine.exporters;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import com.google.refine.browsing.Engine;
+import com.google.refine.model.Project;
+
+
+public interface UrlExporter extends Exporter {
+
+    
+    public void export(Project project, Properties options, Engine engine, URL url) throws IOException;
+
+}
diff --git a/main/src/com/google/refine/exporters/WriterExporter.java b/main/src/com/google/refine/exporters/WriterExporter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9c9580f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/com/google/refine/exporters/WriterExporter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+
+package com.google.refine.exporters;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Writer;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import com.google.refine.browsing.Engine;
+import com.google.refine.model.Project;
+
+public interface WriterExporter extends Exporter {
+
+    public void export(Project project, Properties options, Engine engine, Writer writer) throws IOException;
+
+}