Elastic SavedObjects API

Manage Kibana saved objects (dashboards, visualizations, searches).

Operations 3

GET /api/saved_objects/_find Find saved objects #
GET /api/saved_objects/{type}/{id} Get a saved object #
DELETE /api/saved_objects/{type}/{id} Delete a saved object #

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OpenAPI Specification

elastic-savedobjects-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Kibana Saved Objects API
  description: REST APIs for managing Kibana resources such as data views, saved objects, connectors, alerts, and Spaces. Calls are stateless; each request must be authenticated and include any required Kibana version header.
  version: '9.0'
  contact:
    name: Elastic
    url: https://www.elastic.co
  license:
    name: Elastic License 2.0
    url: https://www.elastic.co/licensing/elastic-license
servers:
- url: https://{deployment}.kb.{region}.cloud.es.io:9243
  description: Elastic Cloud Kibana
  variables:
    deployment:
      default: my-deployment
    region:
      default: us-east-1
- url: http://localhost:5601
  description: Local Kibana
security:
- apiKeyAuth: []
- basicAuth: []
tags:
- name: SavedObjects
  description: Manage Kibana saved objects (dashboards, visualizations, searches).
paths:
  /api/saved_objects/_find:
    get:
      operationId: findSavedObjects
      summary: Find saved objects
      tags:
      - SavedObjects
      parameters:
      - name: type
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: search
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: per_page
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 20
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Saved object search results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  total:
                    type: integer
                  saved_objects:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/SavedObject'
  /api/saved_objects/{type}/{id}:
    get:
      operationId: getSavedObject
      summary: Get a saved object
      tags:
      - SavedObjects
      parameters:
      - name: type
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Saved object
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SavedObject'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteSavedObject
      summary: Delete a saved object
      tags:
      - SavedObjects
      parameters:
      - name: type
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Deleted
components:
  schemas:
    SavedObject:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
        attributes:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
        references:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            additionalProperties: true
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
externalDocs:
  description: Kibana API Reference
  url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/kibana