Create Spaceedit

This API is experimental and may be changed or removed completely in a future release. The underlying Spaces concepts are stable, but the APIs for managing Spaces are currently experimental.

Creates a new Kibana space. To update an existing space, use the PUT command.

Note: You cannot access this endpoint via the Console in Kibana.

Requestedit

To create a space, issue a POST request to the /api/spaces/space endpoint.

POST /api/spaces/space

Request Bodyedit

The following parameters can be specified in the body of a POST request to create a space:

id
(string) Required identifier for the space. This identifier becomes part of Kibana’s URL when inside the space. This cannot be changed by the update operation.
name
(string) Required display name for the space.
description
(string) Optional description for the space.
disabledFeatures
(string array) Optional list of features that are disabled for the space. Use the Features API to get a list of available features IDs.
initials
(string) Optionally specify the initials shown in the Space Avatar for this space. By default, the initials will be automatically generated from the space name. If specified, initials should be either 1 or 2 characters.
color
(string) Optionally specify the hex color code used in the Space Avatar for this space. By default, the color will be automatically generated from the space name.

Exampleedit

POST /api/spaces/space
{
  "id": "marketing",
  "name": "Marketing",
  "description" : "This is the Marketing Space",
  "color": "#aabbcc",
  "initials": "MK",
  "disabledFeatures": ["timelion"]
}

Responseedit

A successful call returns a response code of 200 with the created Space.