Update object APIedit
[preview] This functionality is in technical preview and may be changed or removed in a future release. Elastic will work to fix any issues, but features in technical preview are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features. Update the attributes for existing Kibana saved objects.
Requestedit
PUT <kibana host>:<port>/api/saved_objects/<type>/<id>
PUT <kibana host>:<port>/s/<space_id>/api/saved_objects/<type>/<id>
PUT /s/<space_id>/api/saved_objects/<type>/<id>
Path parametersedit
-
space_id -
(Optional, string) An identifier for the space. If
space_idis not provided in the URL, the default space is used. -
type -
(Required, string) Valid options include
visualization,dashboard,search,index-pattern,config, andtimelion-sheet. -
id - (Required, string) The object ID to update.
Request bodyedit
-
attributes -
(Required, object) The data to persist.
When you update, attributes are not validated, which allows you to pass arbitrary and ill-formed data into the API and break Kibana. Make sure any data that you send to the API is properly formed.
-
references -
(Optional, array) Objects with
name,id, andtypeproperties that describe the other saved objects this object references. To refer to the other saved object, usenamein the attributes, but never theid, which automatically updates during migrations or import/export. -
upsert - (Optional, object) If specified, will create the document with the given upsert attributes if it doesn’t exist.
Response codeedit
-
200 - Indicates a successful call.
Exampleedit
Update an existing index pattern object,my-pattern, with a different title:
$ curl -X PUT api/index_patterns/index-pattern/my-pattern
{
"attributes": {
"title": "some-other-pattern-*"
}
}
The API returns the following:
{
"id": "my-pattern",
"type": "index-pattern",
"version": 2,
"attributes": {
"title": "some-other-pattern-*"
}
}