Api key auth (http_api_key)
These APIs use key-based authentication. You must create an API key and use the encoded value in the request header. For example: Authorization: ApiKey base64AccessApiKey
Kibana APIs
1.0.2
Base URL
https://localhost:5601The Kibana REST APIs enable you to manage resources such as connectors, data views, and saved objects. The API calls are stateless. Each request that you make happens in isolation from other calls and must include all of the necessary information for Kibana to fulfill the request. API requests return JSON output, which is a format that is machine-readable and works well for automation.
To interact with Kibana APIs, use the following operations:
- GET: Fetches the information.
- PATCH: Applies partial modifications to the existing information.
- POST: Adds new information.
- PUT: Updates the existing information.
- DELETE: Removes the information.
You can prepend any Kibana API endpoint with kbn: and run the request in Dev Tools → Console.
For example:
GET kbn:/api/data_views
For more information about the console, refer to Run API requests.
NOTE: Access to internal Kibana API endpoints will be restricted in Kibana version 9.0. Please move any integrations to publicly documented APIs.
Documentation source and versions
This documentation is derived from the 8.18 branch of the kibana repository.
It is provided under license Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International.
This is version 1.0.2 of this API documentation.
Last update on Apr 15, 2025.
Authentication
The API accepts 2 different authentication methods:
Basic auth (http)
Basic auth tokens are constructed with the Basic keyword, followed by a space, followed by a base64-encoded string of your username:password
(separated by a : colon).
Example: send a Authorization: Basic aGVsbG86aGVsbG8=
HTTP header with your requests to authenticate with the API.
Alerting
Alerting enables you to define rules, which detect complex conditions within your data. When a condition is met, the rule tracks it as an alert and runs the actions that are defined in the rule. Actions typically involve the use of connectors to interact with Kibana services or third party integrations.
Get the rule types
If you have read privileges for one or more Kibana features, the API response contains information about the appropriate rule types. For example, there are rule types associated with the Management > Stack Rules feature, Analytics > Discover and Machine Learning features, Observability features, and Security features. To get rule types associated with the Stack Monitoring feature, use the monitoring_user built-in role.
GET
/api/alerting/rule_types
curl \
--request GET 'https://localhost:5601/api/alerting/rule_types' \
--header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200)
[
{
"id": "xpack.ml.anomaly_detection_alert",
"name": "Anomaly detection alert",
"alerts": {
"context": "ml.anomaly-detection",
"mappings": {
"fieldMap": {
"kibana.alert.job_id": {
"type": "keyword",
"array": false,
"required": true
},
"kibana.alert.is_interim": {
"type": "boolean",
"array": false,
"required": false
},
"kibana.alert.top_records": {
"type": "object",
"array": true,
"dynamic": false,
"required": false,
"properties": {
"actual": {
"type": "double"
},
"job_id": {
"type": "keyword"
},
"typical": {
"type": "double"
},
"function": {
"type": "keyword"
},
"timestamp": {
"type": "date"
},
"field_name": {
"type": "keyword"
},
"is_interim": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"record_score": {
"type": "double"
},
"by_field_name": {
"type": "keyword"
},
"by_field_value": {
"type": "keyword"
},
"detector_index": {
"type": "integer"
},
"over_field_name": {
"type": "keyword"
},
"over_field_value": {
"type": "keyword"
},
"initial_record_score": {
"type": "double"
},
"partition_field_name": {
"type": "keyword"
},
"partition_field_value": {
"type": "keyword"
}
}
},
"kibana.alert.anomaly_score": {
"type": "double",
"array": false,
"required": false
},
"kibana.alert.top_influencers": {
"type": "object",
"array": true,
"dynamic": false,
"required": false,
"properties": {
"job_id": {
"type": "keyword"
},
"timestamp": {
"type": "date"
},
"is_interim": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"influencer_score": {
"type": "double"
},
"influencer_field_name": {
"type": "keyword"
},
"influencer_field_value": {
"type": "keyword"
},
"initial_influencer_score": {
"type": "double"
}
}
},
"kibana.alert.anomaly_timestamp": {
"type": "date",
"array": false,
"required": false
}
}
},
"shouldWrite": true
},
"category": "management",
"producer": "ml",
"action_groups": [
{
"id": "anomaly_score_match",
"name": "Anomaly score matched the condition"
},
{
"id": "recovered",
"name": "Recovered"
}
],
"is_exportable": true,
"action_variables": {
"state": [],
"params": [],
"context": [
{
"name": "timestamp",
"description": "The bucket timestamp of the anomaly"
},
{
"name": "timestampIso8601",
"description": "The bucket time of the anomaly in ISO8601 format"
},
{
"name": "jobIds",
"description": "List of job IDs that triggered the alert"
},
{
"name": "message",
"description": "Alert info message"
},
{
"name": "isInterim",
"description": "Indicate if top hits contain interim results"
},
{
"name": "score",
"description": "Anomaly score at the time of the notification action"
},
{
"name": "topRecords",
"description": "Top records"
},
{
"name": "topInfluencers",
"description": "Top influencers"
},
{
"name": "anomalyExplorerUrl",
"description": "URL to open in the Anomaly Explorer",
"useWithTripleBracesInTemplates": true
}
]
},
"rule_task_timeout": "5m",
"enabled_in_license": true,
"has_alerts_mappings": true,
"authorized_consumers": {
"ml": {
"all": true,
"read": true
},
"apm": {
"all": true,
"read": true
},
"slo": {
"all": true,
"read": true
},
"logs": {
"all": true,
"read": true
},
"siem": {
"all": true,
"read": true
},
"alerts": {
"all": true,
"read": true
},
"uptime": {
"all": true,
"read": true
},
"discover": {
"all": true,
"read": true
},
"monitoring": {
"all": true,
"read": true
},
"stackAlerts": {
"all": true,
"read": true
},
"infrastructure": {
"all": true,
"read": true
}
},
"has_fields_for_a_a_d": false,
"recovery_action_group": {
"id": "recovered",
"name": "Recovered"
},
"default_action_group_id": "anomaly_score_match",
"minimum_license_required": "platinum",
"does_set_recovery_context": true
},
{
"id": "xpack.ml.anomaly_detection_jobs_health",
"name": "Anomaly detection jobs health",
"category": "management",
"producer": "ml",
"action_groups": [
{
"id": "anomaly_detection_realtime_issue",
"name": "Issue detected"
},
{
"id": "recovered",
"name": "Recovered"
}
],
"is_exportable": true,
"action_variables": {
"state": [],
"params": [],
"context": [
{
"name": "results",
"description": "Results of the rule execution"
},
{
"name": "message",
"description": "Alert info message"
}
]
},
"rule_task_timeout": "5m",
"enabled_in_license": true,
"has_alerts_mappings": false,
"authorized_consumers": {
"ml": {
"all": true,
"read": true
},
"apm": {
"all": true,
"read": true
},
"slo": {
"all": true,
"read": true
},
"logs": {
"all": true,
"read": true
},
"siem": {
"all": true,
"read": true
},
"alerts": {
"all": true,
"read": true
},
"uptime": {
"all": true,
"read": true
},
"discover": {
"all": true,
"read": true
},
"monitoring": {
"all": true,
"read": true
},
"stackAlerts": {
"all": true,
"read": true
},
"infrastructure": {
"all": true,
"read": true
}
},
"has_fields_for_a_a_d": false,
"recovery_action_group": {
"id": "recovered",
"name": "Recovered"
},
"default_action_group_id": "anomaly_detection_realtime_issue",
"minimum_license_required": "platinum",
"does_set_recovery_context": true
}
]
Response examples (401)
{
"error": "Unauthorized",
"message": "string",
"statusCode": 401
}
POST
/api/alerting/rule/{rule_id}/alert/{alert_id}/_mute
curl \
--request POST 'https://localhost:5601/api/alerting/rule/{rule_id}/alert/{alert_id}/_mute' \
--header "Authorization: $API_KEY" \
--header "kbn-xsrf: true"Data views
Data view APIs enable you to manage data views, formerly known as Kibana index patterns.
