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Create Object
editCreate Object
editThis functionality is experimental and may be changed or removed completely in a future release.
The create saved object API enables you to persist a Kibana saved object.
Path Parameters
edit-
type
(required) -
(string) Valid options, include:
visualization
,dashboard
,search
,index-pattern
,config
, andtimelion-sheet
-
id
(optional) - (string) Enables specifying an ID to use, as opposed to one being randomly generated
Query Parameters
edit-
overwrite
(optional) - (boolean) If true, will overwrite the document with the same ID.
Request Body
edit-
attributes
(required) - (object) The data to persist
Examples
editThe following example creates an index pattern object with a pattern of
my-pattern-*
.
POST api/saved_objects/index-pattern/my-pattern { "attributes": { "title": "my-pattern-*" } }
A successful call returns a response code of 200
and a response body
containing a JSON structure similar to the following example:
Known issues
edit- Attributes are not validated at creation time. This means you can pass arbitrary and ill-formed data into this API that can break Kibana. Make sure any data you send to this API is properly formed.