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Export objects APIedit
[preview] This functionality is in technical preview and may be changed or removed in a future release. Elastic will apply best effort to fix any issues, but features in technical preview are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features. Retrieve a set of saved objects that you want to import into Kibana.
Path parametersedit
-
space_id -
(Optional, string) An identifier for the space. If
space_idis not provided in the URL, the default space is used.
Request bodyedit
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type - (Optional, array|string) The saved object types to include in the export.
-
objects - (Optional, array) A list of objects to export.
-
includeReferencesDeep - (Optional, boolean) Includes all of the referenced objects in the exported objects.
You must include type or objects in the request body.
Response bodyedit
The format of the response body includes newline delimited JSON.
Response codeedit
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200 - Indicates a successful call.
Examplesedit
Export all index pattern saved objects:
POST api/saved_objects/_export
{
"type": "index-pattern"
}
Export a specific saved object:
POST api/saved_objects/_export
{
"objects": [
{
"type": "dashboard",
"id": "be3733a0-9efe-11e7-acb3-3dab96693fab"
}
]
}