Update cases APIedit

Updates one or more cases.

Requestedit

PATCH <kibana host>:<port>/api/cases

PATCH <kibana host>:<port>/s/<space_id>/api/cases

Prerequisitesedit

You must have all privileges for the Cases feature in the Management, Observability, or Security section of the Kibana feature privileges, depending on the owner of the cases you’re updating.

Path parametersedit

<space_id>
(Optional, string) An identifier for the space. If it is not specified, the default space is used.

Request bodyedit

cases

(Required, array of objects) Array containing one or more case objects.

Properties of cases objects
connector

(Optional, object) An object that contains the connector configuration.

Properties of connector
fields

(Required, object) An object containing the connector fields.

To remove the connector, specify null. If you want to omit any individual field, specify null as its value.

For IBM Resilient connectors, specify:

issueTypes
(Required, array of numbers) The issue types of the issue.
severityCode
(Required, number) The severity code of the issue.

For Jira connectors, specify:

issueType
(Required, string) The issue type of the issue.
parent
(Required, string) The key of the parent issue, when the issue type is Sub-task.
priority
(Required, string) The priority of the issue.

For ServiceNow ITSM connectors, specify:

category
(Required, string) The category of the incident.
impact
(Required, string) The effect an incident had on business.
severity
(Required, string) The severity of the incident.
subcategory
(Required, string) The subcategory of the incident.
urgency
(Required, string) The extent to which the incident resolution can be delayed.

For ServiceNow SecOps connectors, specify:

category
(Required, string) The category of the incident.
destIp
(Required, string) A comma separated list of destination IPs.
malwareHash
(Required, string) A comma separated list of malware hashes.
malwareUrl
(Required, string) A comma separated list of malware URLs.
priority
(Required, string) The priority of the incident.
sourceIp
(Required, string) A comma separated list of source IPs.
subcategory
(Required, string) The subcategory of the incident.

For Swimlane connectors, specify:

caseId
(Required, string) The identifier for the case.
id
(Required, string) The identifier for the connector. To remove the connector, use none. To retrieve connector IDs, use Find connectors).
name
(Required, string) The name of the connector. To remove the connector, use none.
type
(Required, string) The type of the connector. Valid values are: .jira, .none, .resilient,.servicenow, .servicenow-sir, and .swimlane. To remove the connector, use .none.
description
(Optional, string) The updated case description.
id
(Required, string) The identifier for the case.
settings

(Optional, object) An object that contains the case settings.

Properties of settings
syncAlerts
(Required, boolean) Turn on or off synching with alerts.
status
(Optional, string) The case status. Valid values are: closed, in-progress, and open.
tags
(Optional, string array) The words and phrases that help categorize cases.
title
(Optional, string) A title for the case.
version
(Required, string) The current version of the case. To determine this value, use Get case or Find cases.

Response codesedit

200
Indicates a successful call.

Examplesedit

Update the description, tags, and connector of case ID a18b38a0-71b0-11ea-a0b2-c51ea50a58e2:

PATCH api/cases
{
  "cases": [
    {
      "id": "a18b38a0-71b0-11ea-a0b2-c51ea50a58e2",
      "version": "WzIzLDFd",
      "connector": {
        "id": "131d4448-abe0-4789-939d-8ef60680b498",
        "name": "My connector",
        "type": ".jira",
        "fields": {
          "issueType": "10006",
          "priority": null,
          "parent": null
        }
      },
      "description": "James Bond clicked on a highly suspicious email
      banner advertising cheap holidays for underpaid civil servants.
      Operation bubblegum is active. Repeat - operation bubblegum is
      now active!",
      "tags": [
        "phishing",
        "social engineering",
        "bubblegum"
      ],
      "settings": {
        "syncAlerts": true
      }
    }
  ]
}

The API returns the updated case with a new version value. For example:

[
  {
    "id": "66b9aa00-94fa-11ea-9f74-e7e108796192",
    "version": "WzU0OCwxXQ==",
    "comments": [],
    "totalComment": 0,
    "totalAlerts": 0,
    "title": "This case will self-destruct in 5 seconds",
    "tags": [
      "phishing",
      "social engineering",
      "bubblegum"
    ],
    "settings": {
      "syncAlerts": true
    },
    "owner": "securitySolution",
    "description": "James Bond clicked on a highly suspicious email banner advertising cheap holidays for underpaid civil servants. Operation bubblegum is active. Repeat - operation bubblegum is now active!",
    "closed_at": null,
    "closed_by": null,
    "created_at": "2022-05-13T09:16:17.416Z",
    "created_by": {
      "email": "ahunley@imf.usa.gov",
      "full_name": "Alan Hunley",
      "username": "ahunley"
    },
    "status": "open",
    "updated_at": "2022-05-13T09:48:33.043Z",
    "updated_by": {
      "email": "classified@hms.oo.gov.uk",
      "full_name": "Classified",
      "username": "M"
    },
    "connector": {
      "id": "131d4448-abe0-4789-939d-8ef60680b498",
      "name": "My connector",
      "type": ".jira",
      "fields": {
        "issueType": "10006",
        "parent": null,
        "priority": null,
      }
    },
    "external_service": {
      "external_title": "IS-4",
      "pushed_by": {
        "full_name": "Classified",
        "email": "classified@hms.oo.gov.uk",
        "username": "M"
      },
      "external_url": "https://hms.atlassian.net/browse/IS-4",
      "pushed_at": "2022-05-13T09:20:40.672Z",
      "connector_id": "05da469f-1fde-4058-99a3-91e4807e2de8",
      "external_id": "10003",
      "connector_name": "Jira"
    }
  }
]