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Run connector APIedit

Runs a connector by ID.

Requestedit

POST <kibana host>:<port>/api/actions/connector/<id>/_execute

POST <kibana host>:<port>/s/<space_id>/api/actions/connector/<id>/_execute

Prerequisitesedit

You must have read privileges for the Actions and Connectors feature in the Management section of the Kibana feature privileges.

If you use an index connector, you must also have all, create, index, or write indices privileges.

Descriptionedit

You can use this API to test an action that involves interaction with Kibana services or integrations with third-party systems.

Path parametersedit

id
(Required, string) The ID of the connector.
space_id
(Optional, string) An identifier for the space. If space_id is not provided in the URL, the default space is used.

Request bodyedit

params

(Required, object) The parameters of the connector. Parameter properties vary depending on the connector type. For information about the parameter properties, refer to Connectors.

Index connectors
documents
(Required, array of objects) The documents to index in JSON format.

For more information, refer to Index connector and action.

Jira connectors
subAction
(Required, string) The action to test. Valid values include: fieldsByIssueType, getFields, getIncident, issue, issues, issueTypes, and pushToService.
subActionParams

(Required*, object) The set of configuration properties, which vary depending on the subAction value. This object is not required when subAction is getFields or issueTypes.

Properties when subAction is fieldsByIssueType
id
(Required, string) The Jira issue type identifier. For example, 10024.
Properties when subAction is getIncident
externalId
(Required, string) The Jira issue identifier. For example, 71778.
Properties when subAction is issue
id
(Required, string) The Jira issue identifier. For example, 71778.
Properties when subAction is issues
title
(Required, string) The title of the Jira issue.
Properties when subAction is pushToService
comments

(Optional, array of objects) Additional information that is sent to Jira.

Properties of comments
comment
(string) A comment related to the incident. For example, describe how to troubleshoot the issue.
commentId
(integer) A unique identifier for the comment.
incident

(Required, object) Information necessary to create or update a Jira incident.

Properties of incident
description
(Optional, string) The details about the incident.
externalId
(Optional, string) The Jira issue identifier. If present, the incident is updated. Otherwise, a new incident is created.
labels
(Optional, array of strings) The labels for the incident. For example, ["LABEL1"]. NOTE: Labels cannot contain spaces.
issueType
(Optional, integer) The type of incident. For example, 10006. To obtain the list of valid values, set subAction to issueTypes.
parent
(Optional, string) The ID or key of the parent issue. Applies only to Sub-task types of issues.
priority
(Optional, string) The incident priority level. For example, Lowest.
summary
(Required, string) A summary of the incident.
title
(Optional, string) A title for the incident, used for searching the contents of the knowledge base.

For more information, refer to Jira connector and action.

Server log connectors
level
(Optional, string) The log level of the message: trace, debug, info, warn, error, or fatal. Defaults to info.
message
(Required, string) The message to log.

Response codesedit

200
Indicates a successful call.

Examplesedit

Run an index connector:

POST api/actions/connector/c55b6eb0-6bad-11eb-9f3b-611eebc6c3ad/_execute
{
  "params": {
    "documents": [
      {
        "id": "test_doc_id",
        "name": "test_doc_name",
        "message": "hello, world"
      }
    ]
  }
}

The API returns the following:

{
  "status": "ok",
  "data": {
    "took": 10,
    "errors": false,
    "items": [
      {
        "index": {
          "_index": "test-index",
          "_id": "iKyijHcBKCsmXNFrQe3T",
          "_version": 1,
          "result": "created",
          "_shards": {
            "total": 2,
            "successful": 1,
            "failed": 0
          },
          "_seq_no": 0,
          "_primary_term": 1,
          "status": 201
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "connector_id": "c55b6eb0-6bad-11eb-9f3b-611eebc6c3ad"
}

Run a server log connector:

POST api/actions/connector/7fc7b9a0-ecc9-11ec-8736-e7d63118c907/_execute
{
  "params": {
    "level": "warn",
    "message": "Test warning message"
  }
}

The API returns the following:

{"status":"ok","connector_id":"7fc7b9a0-ecc9-11ec-8736-e7d63118c907"}

Retrieve the list of issue types for a Jira connector:

POST api/actions/connector/b3aad810-edbe-11ec-82d1-11348ecbf4a6/_execute
{
  "params": {
    "subAction": "issueTypes"
  }
}

The API returns the following:

{
  "status":"ok",
  "data":[
    {"id":"10024","name":"Improvement"},{"id":"10006","name":"Task"},
    {"id":"10007","name":"Sub-task"},{"id":"10025","name":"New Feature"},
    {"id":"10023","name":"Bug"},{"id":"10000","name":"Epic"}
  ],
  "connector_id":"b3aad810-edbe-11ec-82d1-11348ecbf4a6"
}
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