UI settings service

The UI settings service is available both server and client side.

Server side usage

The program interface to UI settings. It makes it possible for Kibana plugins to extend Kibana UI Settings Management with custom settings.

See:

UI settings service Setup API docs

import { schema } from '@kbn/config-schema';
import type { CoreSetup,Plugin } from 'kibana/server';

export class MyPlugin implements Plugin {
  public setup(core: CoreSetup) {
    core.uiSettings.register({
      custom: {
        value: '42',
        schema: schema.string(),
      },
    });
    const router = core.http.createRouter();
    router.get({
      path: 'my_plugin/{id}',
      validate: …,
    },
    async (context, request, response) => {
      const customSetting = await context.uiSettings.client.get('custom');
      …
    });
  }
}

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