Resolve import errors

Base URL: https://{kibana_url}

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

Refer to Spaces for more information.

To resolve errors from the Import objects API, you can:

Retry certain saved objects
Overwrite specific saved objects
Change references to different saved objects

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 Console 1 / 2 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

POST kbn:/api/saved_objects/_resolve_import_errors
{
  "file": "file.ndjson",
  "retries": [
    {
      "id": "my-pattern",
      "overwrite": true,
      "type": "index-pattern"
    },
    {
      "destinationId": "another-vis",
      "id": "my-vis",
      "overwrite": true,
      "type": "visualization"
    },
    {
      "destinationId": "yet-another-canvas",
      "id": "my-canvas",
      "overwrite": true,
      "type": "canvas"
    },
    {
      "id": "my-dashboard",
      "type": "dashboard"
    }
  ]
}

Generated from the API spec

curl Shell

curl -X POST "${KIBANA_URL}/api/saved_objects/_resolve_import_errors" \
  -H "kbn-xsrf: true" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}" \
  -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
  -d '{
    "file": "file.ndjson",
    "retries": [
      {
        "id": "my-pattern",
        "overwrite": true,
        "type": "index-pattern"
      },
      {
        "destinationId": "another-vis",
        "id": "my-vis",
        "overwrite": true,
        "type": "visualization"
      },
      {
        "destinationId": "yet-another-canvas",
        "id": "my-canvas",
        "overwrite": true,
        "type": "canvas"
      },
      {
        "id": "my-dashboard",
        "type": "dashboard"
      }
    ]
  }'

Generated from the API spec

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "successCount": 3,
  "successResults": [
    {
      "id": "my-vis",
      "meta": {
        "icon": "visualizeApp",
        "title": "Look at my visualization"
      },
      "type": "visualization"
    },
    {
      "id": "my-search",
      "meta": {
        "icon": "searchApp",
        "title": "Look at my search"
      },
      "type": "search"
    },
    {
      "id": "my-dashboard",
      "meta": {
        "icon": "dashboardApp",
        "title": "Look at my dashboard"
      },
      "type": "dashboard"
    }
  ]
}