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Get object API

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Get object API

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[preview] This functionality is in technical preview and may be changed or removed in a future release. Elastic will work to fix any issues, but features in technical preview are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features. Retrieve a single Kibana saved object by ID.

Request

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GET <kibana host>:<port>/api/saved_objects/<type>/<id>

GET <kibana host>:<port>/s/<space_id>/api/saved_objects/<type>/<id>

GET /s/<space_id>/api/saved_objects/<type>/<id>

Path parameters

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space_id
(Optional, string) An identifier for the space. If space_id is not provided in the URL, the default space is used.
type
(Required, string) Valid options include visualization, dashboard, search, index-pattern, config, and timelion-sheet.
id
(Required, string) The ID of the object to retrieve.

Response code

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200
Indicates a successful call.

Example

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Retrieve the index pattern object with the my-pattern ID:

$ curl -X GET api/saved_objects/index-pattern/my-pattern

The API returns the following:

{
  "id": "my-pattern",
  "type": "index-pattern",
  "version": 1,
  "attributes": {
    "title": "my-pattern-*"
  }
}

Retrieve a dashboard object in the testspace by ID:

$ curl -X GET s/testspace/api/saved_objects/dashboard/7adfa750-4c81-11e8-b3d7-01146121b73d

The API returns the following:

{
  "id": "7adfa750-4c81-11e8-b3d7-01146121b73d",
  "type": "dashboard",
  "updated_at": "2019-07-23T00:11:07.059Z",
  "version": "WzQ0LDFd",
  "attributes": {
    "title": "[Flights] Global Flight Dashboard",
    "hits": 0,
    "description": "Analyze mock flight data for ES-Air, Logstash Airways, Kibana Airlines and JetBeats",
    "panelsJSON": "[{\"panelIndex\":\"1\",\"gridData\":{\"x\":0,\"y\":0,\"w\":32,\"h\":7,\"i\":\"1\"},\"embeddableConfig\":{},\"version\":\"6.3.0\",\"panelRefName\":\"panel_0\"},{\"panelIndex\":\"3\",\"gridData\":{\"x\":17,\"y\":7,\"w\":23,\"h\":12,\"i\":\"3\"},\"embeddableConfig\":{\"vis\":{\"colors\":{\"Average Ticket Price\":\"#0A50A1\",\"Flight Count\":\"#82B5D8\"},\"legendOpen\":false}},\"version\":\"6.3.0\",\"panelRefName\":\"panel_1\"},{\"panelIndex\":\"4\",\"gridData\":{\"x\":0,\"y\":85,\"w\":48,\"h\":15,\"i\":\"4\"},\"embeddableConfig\":{},\"version\":\"6.3.0\",\"panelRefName\":\"panel_2\"},{\"panelIndex\":\"5\",\"gridData\":{\"x\":0,\"y\":7,\"w\":17,\"h\":12,\"i\":\"5\"},\"embeddableConfig\":{\"vis\":{\"colors\":{\"ES-Air\":\"#447EBC\",\"JetBeats\":\"#65C5DB\",\"Kibana Airlines\":\"#BA43A9\",\"Logstash Airways\":\"#E5AC0E\"},\"legendOpen\":false}},\"version\":\"6.3.0\",\"panelRefName\":\"panel_3\"},{\"panelIndex\":\"6\",\"gridData\":{\"x\":24,\"y\":33,\"w\":24,\"h\":14,\"i\":\"6\"},\"embeddableConfig\":{\"vis\":{\"colors\":{\"Carrier Delay\":\"#5195CE\",\"Late Aircraft Delay\":\"#1F78C1\",\"NAS Delay\":\"#70DBED\",\"No Delay\":\"#BADFF4\",\"Security Delay\":\"#052B51\",\"Weather Delay\":\"#6ED0E0\"}}},\"version\":\"6.3.0\",\"panelRefName\":\"panel_4\"},{\"panelIndex\":\"7\",\"gridData\":{\"x\":24,\"y\":19,\"w\":24,\"h\":14,\"i\":\"7\"},\"embeddableConfig\":{},\"version\":\"6.3.0\",\"panelRefName\":\"panel_5\"},{\"panelIndex\":\"10\",\"gridData\":{\"x\":0,\"y\":35,\"w\":24,\"h\":12,\"i\":\"10\"},\"embeddableConfig\":{\"vis\":{\"colors\":{\"Count\":\"#1F78C1\"},\"legendOpen\":false}},\"version\":\"6.3.0\",\"panelRefName\":\"panel_6\"},{\"panelIndex\":\"13\",\"gridData\":{\"x\":10,\"y\":19,\"w\":14,\"h\":8,\"i\":\"13\"},\"embeddableConfig\":{\"vis\":{\"colors\":{\"Count\":\"#1F78C1\"},\"legendOpen\":false}},\"version\":\"6.3.0\",\"panelRefName\":\"panel_7\"},{\"panelIndex\":\"14\",\"gridData\":{\"x\":10,\"y\":27,\"w\":14,\"h\":8,\"i\":\"14\"},\"embeddableConfig\":{\"vis\":{\"colors\":{\"Count\":\"#1F78C1\"},\"legendOpen\":false}},\"version\":\"6.3.0\",\"panelRefName\":\"panel_8\"},{\"panelIndex\":\"18\",\"gridData\":{\"x\":24,\"y\":70,\"w\":24,\"h\":15,\"i\":\"18\"},\"embeddableConfig\":{\"mapCenter\":[27.421687059550266,15.371002131141724],\"mapZoom\":1},\"version\":\"6.3.0\",\"panelRefName\":\"panel_9\"},{\"panelIndex\":\"21\",\"gridData\":{\"x\":0,\"y\":62,\"w\":48,\"h\":8,\"i\":\"21\"},\"embeddableConfig\":{},\"version\":\"6.3.0\",\"panelRefName\":\"panel_10\"},{\"panelIndex\":\"22\",\"gridData\":{\"x\":32,\"y\":0,\"w\":16,\"h\":7,\"i\":\"22\"},\"embeddableConfig\":{},\"version\":\"6.3.0\",\"panelRefName\":\"panel_11\"},{\"panelIndex\":\"23\",\"gridData\":{\"x\":0,\"y\":70,\"w\":24,\"h\":15,\"i\":\"23\"},\"embeddableConfig\":{\"mapCenter\":[42.19556096274418,9.536742995308601e-7],\"mapZoom\":1},\"version\":\"6.3.0\",\"panelRefName\":\"panel_12\"},{\"panelIndex\":\"25\",\"gridData\":{\"x\":0,\"y\":19,\"w\":10,\"h\":8,\"i\":\"25\"},\"embeddableConfig\":{\"vis\":{\"defaultColors\":{\"0 - 50\":\"rgb(247,251,255)\",\"100 - 150\":\"rgb(107,174,214)\",\"150 - 200\":\"rgb(33,113,181)\",\"200 - 250\":\"rgb(8,48,107)\",\"50 - 100\":\"rgb(198,219,239)\"},\"legendOpen\":false}},\"version\":\"6.3.0\",\"panelRefName\":\"panel_13\"},{\"panelIndex\":\"27\",\"gridData\":{\"x\":0,\"y\":27,\"w\":10,\"h\":8,\"i\":\"27\"},\"embeddableConfig\":{\"vis\":{\"defaultColors\":{\"0 - 50\":\"rgb(247,251,255)\",\"100 - 150\":\"rgb(107,174,214)\",\"150 - 200\":\"rgb(33,113,181)\",\"200 - 250\":\"rgb(8,48,107)\",\"50 - 100\":\"rgb(198,219,239)\"},\"legendOpen\":false}},\"version\":\"6.3.0\",\"panelRefName\":\"panel_14\"},{\"panelIndex\":\"28\",\"gridData\":{\"x\":0,\"y\":47,\"w\":24,\"h\":15,\"i\":\"28\"},\"embeddableConfig\":{\"vis\":{\"defaultColors\":{\"0 -* Connection #0 to host 69c72adb58fa46c69a01afdf4a6cbfd3.us-west1.gcp.cloud.es.io left intact\n 11\":\"rgb(247,251,255)\",\"11 - 22\":\"rgb(208,225,242)\",\"22 - 33\":\"rgb(148,196,223)\",\"33 - 44\":\"rgb(74,152,201)\",\"44 - 55\":\"rgb(23,100,171)\"},\"legendOpen\":false}},\"version\":\"6.3.0\",\"panelRefName\":\"panel_15\"},{\"panelIndex\":\"29\",\"gridData\":{\"x\":40,\"y\":7,\"w\":8,\"h\":6,\"i\":\"29\"},\"embeddableConfig\":{},\"version\":\"6.3.0\",\"panelRefName\":\"panel_16\"},{\"panelIndex\":\"30\",\"gridData\":{\"x\":40,\"y\":13,\"w\":8,\"h\":6,\"i\":\"30\"},\"embeddableConfig\":{},\"version\":\"6.3.0\",\"panelRefName\":\"panel_17\"},{\"panelIndex\":\"31\",\"gridData\":{\"x\":24,\"y\":47,\"w\":24,\"h\":15,\"i\":\"31\"},\"embeddableConfig\":{},\"version\":\"6.3.0\",\"panelRefName\":\"panel_18\"}]",
    "optionsJSON": "{\"hidePanelTitles\":false,\"useMargins\":true}",
    "version": 1,
    "timeRestore": true,
    "timeTo": "now",
    "timeFrom": "now-24h",
    "refreshInterval": {
      "display": "15 minutes",
      "pause": false,
      "section": 2,
      "value": 900000
    },
    "kibanaSavedObjectMeta": {
      "searchSourceJSON": "{\"query\":{\"language\":\"kuery\",\"query\":\"\"},\"filter\":[],\"highlightAll\":true,\"version\":true}"
    }
  },
  "references": [
    {
      "name": "panel_0",
      "type": "visualization",
      "id": "aeb212e0-4c84-11e8-b3d7-01146121b73d"
    },
    . . .
    {
      "name": "panel_18",
      "type": "visualization",
      "id": "ed78a660-53a0-11e8-acbd-0be0ad9d822b"
    }
  ],
  "migrationVersion": {
    "dashboard": "7.0.0"
  }
}
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