List all watchlists

Base URL: https://{kibana_url}

GET /api/entity_analytics/watchlists/list
GET /s/{space_id}/api/entity_analytics/watchlists/list

Refer to Spaces for more information.

Returns a list of all entity analytics watchlists.

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>

Response

List of watchlists

application/json

Base URL: https://{kibana_url}

Examples

Request Console 1 / 2 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

GET kbn:/api/entity_analytics/watchlists/list

Generated from the API spec

curl Shell

curl -X GET "${KIBANA_URL}/api/entity_analytics/watchlists/list" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}"

Generated from the API spec

Response

[
  {
    "createdAt": "2026-01-28T12:00:00.000Z",
    "description": "High risk vendor watchlist",
    "id": "watchlist-123",
    "managed": false,
    "name": "High Risk Vendors",
    "riskModifier": 1.5,
    "updatedAt": "2026-02-18T12:00:00.000Z"
  },
  {
    "createdAt": "2026-01-10T09:30:00.000Z",
    "description": "Privileged user monitoring watchlist",
    "id": "watchlist-456",
    "managed": true,
    "name": "Privileged Accounts",
    "riskModifier": 2,
    "updatedAt": "2026-02-01T15:45:00.000Z"
  }
]