Add comment to case API
editAdd comment to case API
editAdds a comment or alert to a case.
For the most up-to-date API details, refer to the open API specification.
Request
editPOST <kibana host>:<port>/api/cases/<case_id>/comments
POST <kibana host>:<port>/s/<space_id>/api/cases/<case_id>/comments
Prerequisites
editYou 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 case you’re updating.
Description
editEach case can have a maximum of 1,000 alerts.
Path parameters
edit-
<case_id>
- (Required,string) The identifier for the case. To retrieve case IDs, use Find cases.
-
<space_id>
- (Optional, string) An identifier for the space. If it is not specified, the default space is used.
Request body
edit-
alertId
-
(Required*, string or array of strings) The alert identifiers. It is required
only when
type
isalert
. You can use an array of strings to add multiple alerts to a case, provided that they all relate to the same rule;index
must also be an array with the same length or number of elements. Adding multiple alerts in this manner is recommended rather than calling the API multiple times. [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. -
comment
-
(Required*, string) The new comment. It is required only when
type
isuser
. -
index
-
(Required*, string or array of strings) The alert indices. It is required only
when
type
isalert
. If you are adding multiple alerts to a case, use an array of strings; the position of each index name in the array must match the position of the corresponding alert identifier in thealertId
array. [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. -
owner
-
(Required, string) The application that owns the case. Valid values are:
cases
,observability
, orsecuritySolution
. -
rule
-
(Required*, object) The rule that is associated with the alerts. It is required only when
type
isalert
. [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.Properties of
rule
-
id
- (Required, string) The rule identifier. [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.
-
name
- (Required, string) The rule name. [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.
-
-
type
-
(Required, string) The comment type, which must be
user
oralert
.
Response codes
edit-
200
- Indicates a successful call.
Examples
editAdd a comment to case ID 293f1bc0-74f6-11ea-b83a-553aecdb28b6
:
POST api/cases/293f1bc0-74f6-11ea-b83a-553aecdb28b6/comments { "type": "user", "comment": "A new comment.", "owner": "cases" }
The API returns details about the case and its comments. For example:
{ "comments":[ { "id": "8af6ac20-74f6-11ea-b83a-553aecdb28b6", "version": "WzIwNDMxLDFd", "type": "user", "owner": "cases", "comment": "A new comment.", "created_at": "2022-03-24T00:49:47.716Z", "created_by": { "email": null, "full_name": null, "username": "elastic" }, "pushed_at": null, "pushed_by": null, "updated_at": null, "updated_by": null } ], "totalAlerts": 0, "id": "293f1bc0-74f6-11ea-b83a-553aecdb28b6", "version": "WzIzMzgsMV0=", "totalComment": 1, "title": "Case title 1", "tags": ["tag 1"], "description": "A case description.", "settings": { "syncAlerts": false }, "owner": "cases", "duration": null, "severity": "low", "closed_at": null, "closed_by": null, "created_at": "2022-03-24T00:37:03.906Z", "created_by": { "email": null, "full_name": null, "username": "elastic" }, "status": "open", "updated_at": "2022-03-24T00:49:47.716Z", "updated_by": { "email": null, "full_name": null, "username": "elastic" }, "connector": { "id": "none", "name": "none", "type": ".none", "fields": null }, "external_service": null }
Add an alert to the case:
POST api/cases/293f1bc0-74f6-11ea-b83a-553aecdb28b6/comments { "alertId": "6b24c4dc44bc720cfc92797f3d61fff952f2b2627db1fb4f8cc49f4530c4ff42", "index": ".internal.alerts-security.alerts-default-000001", "type": "alert", "owner": "cases", "rule": { "id":"94d80550-aaf4-11ec-985f-97e55adae8b9", "name":"security_rule" } }