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Export rules

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Export rules

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Exports rules to an .ndjson file. Please note that you cannot export prebuilt rules, but they are available at https://github.com/elastic/detection-rules/tree/main/rules/.

Console supports Elasticsearch APIs only. Console doesn’t allow interactions with Kibana APIs. You must use curl or another HTTP tool instead. For more information, refer to Run Elasticsearch API requests.

Detection rule actions are included in the exported file, but the connectors used by the actions are not included.

Use the Saved Objects UI in Kibana (Stack Management → Kibana → Saved Objects) or the Saved Objects APIs (experimental) to export and import any connectors used by your detection rule actions before you export and import the detection rules.

Request URL

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POST <kibana host>:<port>/api/detection_engine/rules/_export

URL query parameters

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Name	Type	Description	Required
`exclude_export_details`	Boolean	Determines whether a summary of the exported rules is returned.	No, defaults to `false`.
`file_name`	String	File name for saving the exported rules.	No, defaults to `export.ndjson`

When using cURL to export rules to a file, use the -O and -J options to save the rules to the file name specified in the URL.

Request body

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An optional JSON objects array containing the rule_id fields of the rules you want to export:

Name	Type	Description	Required
`objects`	String[]	Array of `rule_id` fields.	No, exports all rules when unspecified.

Example request

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Exports two rules without details and saves them to the exported_rules.ndjson file:

POST api/detection_engine/rules/_export?exclude_export_details=true&file_name=exported_rules.ndjson
{
  "objects": [
    {
      "rule_id":"343580b5-c811-447c-8d2d-2ccf052c6900"
    },
    {
      "rule_id":"2938c9fa-53eb-4c04-b79c-33cbf041b18d"
    }
  ]
}

Response code

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200: Indicates a successful call.

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