Import saved objects

Base URL: https://{kibana_url}

POST /api/saved_objects/_import
POST /s/{space_id}/api/saved_objects/_import

Refer to Spaces for more information.

Create sets of Kibana saved objects from a file created by the export API. Saved objects can be imported only into the same version, a newer minor on the same major, or the next major. Exported saved objects are not backwards compatible and cannot be imported into an older version of Kibana.

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>

Query parameters

Header parameters

Request body

Responses

Indicates a successful call.

application/json

Bad request.

application/json

Base URL: https://{kibana_url}

Examples

Request curl 1 / 1 language

curl Shell

curl \
  -X POST api/saved_objects/_import?createNewCopies=true
  -H "kbn-xsrf: true"
  --form file=@file.ndjson

Request

Request example

{
  "file": "file.ndjson"
}

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "successCount": 1,
  "successResults": [
    {
      "destinationId": "82d2760c-468f-49cf-83aa-b9a35b6a8943",
      "id": "90943e30-9a47-11e8-b64d-95841ca0b247",
      "managed": false,
      "meta": {
        "icon": "indexPatternApp",
        "title": "Kibana Sample Data Logs"
      },
      "type": "index-pattern"
    }
  ]
}