Get all data views

Base URL: https://{kibana_url}

GET /api/data_views

Retrieve a list of all data views. Use this endpoint to identify available data views in the current Kibana space.

Authentication

Api key

Authorization: <value>

These APIs use key-based authentication. You must create an API key and use the encoded value in the request header. For example: Authorization: ApiKey base64AccessApiKey

Basic

Authorization: Basic <credentials>

Responses

Indicates a successful call.

application/json

Bad request

application/json

Base URL: https://{kibana_url}

Examples

Request Console 1 / 2 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

GET kbn://api/data_views

curl Shell

curl \
  -X GET "${KIBANA_URL}/api/data_views" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}"

Response

A list of available data views including their identifiers, names, and index patterns.

{
  "data_view": [
    {
      "id": "ff959d40-b880-11e8-a6d9-e546fe2bba5f",
      "name": "Kibana Sample Data eCommerce",
      "namespaces": [
        "default"
      ],
      "title": "kibana_sample_data_ecommerce",
      "typeMeta": {}
    },
    {
      "id": "d3d7af60-4c81-11e8-b3d7-01146121b73d",
      "name": "Kibana Sample Data Flights",
      "namespaces": [
        "default"
      ],
      "title": "kibana_sample_data_flights"
    },
    {
      "id": "90943e30-9a47-11e8-b64d-95841ca0b247",
      "name": "Kibana Sample Data Logs",
      "namespaces": [
        "default"
      ],
      "title": "kibana_sample_data_logs"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "error": "Bad Request",
  "message": "[request body.data_view.title]: expected value of type [string] but got [undefined]",
  "statusCode": 400
}