Search dashboards

Base URL: https://{kibana_url}

GET /api/dashboards

Returns a paginated list of dashboards. Each result includes title, description, tags, and metadata, but not the full panel layout. Use GET /api/dashboards/{id} to retrieve the complete state.

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>

Paginated list of dashboard summaries. Each item includes the ID, a subset of dashboard state fields (title, time_range if set), and metadata. Full panel content is not included - use the GET endpoint to retrieve a specific dashboard.

{
  "data": [
    {
      "data": {
        "title": "Web logs overview"
      },
      "id": "3c4b8e10-d57a-11ef-9a52-4f3c2a8d0e1b",
      "meta": {
        "created_at": "2026-04-13T10:00:00.000Z",
        "managed": false,
        "updated_at": "2026-04-13T10:00:00.000Z",
        "version": "WzEwMiwxXQ=="
      }
    },
    {
      "data": {
        "time_range": {
          "from": "now-7d",
          "to": "now"
        },
        "title": "Operations overview"
      },
      "id": "7f2a1c40-e83b-11ef-a641-7d5b3f9e1c2a",
      "meta": {
        "created_at": "2026-04-12T08:00:00.000Z",
        "managed": false,
        "updated_at": "2026-04-12T14:22:00.000Z",
        "version": "WzEwMSwxXQ=="
      }
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 20,
    "total": 2
  }
}

Request Console 1 / 2 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

GET kbn:/api/dashboards?tag_names=Security&tag_names=Observability

curl Shell

curl -X GET "${KIBANA_URL}/api/dashboards?tag_names=Security&tag_names=Observability" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}"

Response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "data": {
        "title": "Web logs overview"
      },
      "id": "3c4b8e10-d57a-11ef-9a52-4f3c2a8d0e1b",
      "meta": {
        "created_at": "2026-04-13T10:00:00.000Z",
        "managed": false,
        "updated_at": "2026-04-13T10:00:00.000Z",
        "version": "WzEwMiwxXQ=="
      }
    },
    {
      "data": {
        "time_range": {
          "from": "now-7d",
          "to": "now"
        },
        "title": "Operations overview"
      },
      "id": "7f2a1c40-e83b-11ef-a641-7d5b3f9e1c2a",
      "meta": {
        "created_at": "2026-04-12T08:00:00.000Z",
        "managed": false,
        "updated_at": "2026-04-12T14:22:00.000Z",
        "version": "WzEwMSwxXQ=="
      }
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 20,
    "total": 2
  }
}