Get the default data view

Base URL: https://{kibana_url}

GET /api/data_views/default

Retrieve the identifier of the default data view for 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/default

curl Shell

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

Response

The identifier of the default data view for the current Kibana space.

{
  "data_view_id": "ff959d40-b880-11e8-a6d9-e546fe2bba5f"
}

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