# Kibana saved objects API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/kibana/kibana-saved-objects-api/  
**Provider:** Kibana — https://apis.io/providers/kibana/  
**Base URL:** https://localhost:5601/api  
**Documentation:** https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/api.html

Kibana saved objects API is one of 60 APIs that [Kibana](https://apis.io/providers/kibana/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include SavedObjects. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and authentication docs.

Export sets of saved objects that you want to import into Kibana, resolve import errors, and rotate an encryption key for encrypted saved objects with the saved objects APIs. To manage a specific type of saved object, use the corresponding APIs. For example, use: * [Data views](../group/endpoint-data-views) * [Spaces](../group/endpoint-spaces) * [Short URLs](../group/endpoint-short-url) Warning: Do not write documents directly to the `.kibana` index. When you write directly to the `.kibana` index, the data becomes corrupted and permanently breaks future Kibana versions.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kibana/refs/heads/main/openapi/kibana-saved-objects-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/api.html
- **Authentication** — https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/api-authentication.html

## Other Kibana APIs (12)

- [Kibana Actions API](https://apis.io/apis/kibana/kibana-actions-api/)
- [Kibana agent builder API](https://apis.io/apis/kibana/kibana-agent-builder-api/)
- [Kibana alerting API](https://apis.io/apis/kibana/kibana-alerting-api/)
- [Kibana APM agent configuration API](https://apis.io/apis/kibana/kibana-apm-agent-configuration-api/)
- [Kibana APM agent keys API](https://apis.io/apis/kibana/kibana-apm-agent-keys-api/)
- [Kibana APM annotations API](https://apis.io/apis/kibana/kibana-apm-annotations-api/)
- [Kibana APM server schema API](https://apis.io/apis/kibana/kibana-apm-server-schema-api/)
- [Kibana APM sourcemaps API](https://apis.io/apis/kibana/kibana-apm-sourcemaps-api/)
- [Kibana cases API](https://apis.io/apis/kibana/kibana-cases-api/)
- [Kibana connectors API](https://apis.io/apis/kibana/kibana-connectors-api/)
- [Kibana Data streams API](https://apis.io/apis/kibana/kibana-data-streams-api/)
- [Kibana data views API](https://apis.io/apis/kibana/kibana-data-views-api/)

## Tags

SavedObjects

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