Assign and unassign users from detection alerts

Base URL: https://{kibana_url}

POST /api/detection_engine/signals/assignees

Assign users to detection alerts, and unassign them from alerts.

Note

You cannot add and remove the same assignee in the same request.

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>

Request body

Responses

Indicates a successful call. The body matches an Elasticsearch update-by-query response (for example took, updated, failures).

application/json

Invalid input data response

application/json

Unsuccessful authentication response

application/json

Not enough privileges response

application/json

Internal server error response

application/json

Base URL: https://{kibana_url}

Examples

Request Console 1 / 2 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

POST kbn:/api/detection_engine/signals/assignees
{
  "assignees": {
    "add": [
      "u_MxY0jbrft7EcfC6iNZSUGeI_n6iYrSwZj5mWF5EqmSU_0"
    ],
    "remove": []
  },
  "ids": [
    "681c2a707335aa7df5f349b70013d87254746191712ecf0ced9b3e2d538503a6"
  ]
}

Generated from the API spec

curl Shell

curl -X POST "${KIBANA_URL}/api/detection_engine/signals/assignees" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "assignees": {
      "add": [
        "u_MxY0jbrft7EcfC6iNZSUGeI_n6iYrSwZj5mWF5EqmSU_0"
      ],
      "remove": []
    },
    "ids": [
      "681c2a707335aa7df5f349b70013d87254746191712ecf0ced9b3e2d538503a6"
    ]
  }'

Generated from the API spec

Response

{
  "batches": 1,
  "deleted": 0,
  "failures": [],
  "noops": 0,
  "requests_per_second": -1,
  "retries": {
    "bulk": 0,
    "search": 0
  },
  "throttled_millis": 0,
  "throttled_until_millis": 0,
  "timed_out": false,
  "took": 76,
  "total": 1,
  "updated": 1,
  "version_conflicts": 0
}

{
  "error": "Bad Request",
  "message": "[request body].ids: at least one alert id is required to update assignees",
  "statusCode": 400
}

{
  "error": "Unauthorized",
  "message": "[security_exception\n\tRoot causes:\n\t\tsecurity_exception: unable to authenticate user [elastic] for REST request [/_security/_authenticate]]: unable to authenticate user [elastic] for REST request [/_security/_authenticate]",
  "statusCode": 401
}

{
  "error": "Forbidden",
  "message": "API [POST /api/detection_engine/signals/assignees] is unauthorized for the current user, this action is granted by the Kibana Security Solution privileges for cases and detections",
  "statusCode": 403
}

{
  "message": "Internal Server Error",
  "status_code": 500
}

Request Console 1 / 2 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

POST kbn:/api/detection_engine/signals/assignees
{
  "assignees": {
    "add": [],
    "remove": [
      "u_MxY0jbrft7EcfC6iNZSUGeI_n6iYrSwZj5mWF5EqmSU_0"
    ]
  },
  "ids": [
    "681c2a707335aa7df5f349b70013d87254746191712ecf0ced9b3e2d538503a6"
  ]
}

Generated from the API spec

curl Shell

curl -X POST "${KIBANA_URL}/api/detection_engine/signals/assignees" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "assignees": {
      "add": [],
      "remove": [
        "u_MxY0jbrft7EcfC6iNZSUGeI_n6iYrSwZj5mWF5EqmSU_0"
      ]
    },
    "ids": [
      "681c2a707335aa7df5f349b70013d87254746191712ecf0ced9b3e2d538503a6"
    ]
  }'

Generated from the API spec

Response

{
  "error": "Bad Request",
  "message": "[request body].ids: at least one alert id is required to update assignees",
  "statusCode": 400
}

{
  "error": "Unauthorized",
  "message": "[security_exception\n\tRoot causes:\n\t\tsecurity_exception: unable to authenticate user [elastic] for REST request [/_security/_authenticate]]: unable to authenticate user [elastic] for REST request [/_security/_authenticate]",
  "statusCode": 401
}

{
  "error": "Forbidden",
  "message": "API [POST /api/detection_engine/signals/assignees] is unauthorized for the current user, this action is granted by the Kibana Security Solution privileges for cases and detections",
  "statusCode": 403
}

{
  "message": "Internal Server Error",
  "status_code": 500
}

Authentication

Request body { }

Responses

Request body