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Import list items

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Import list items

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Imports a list of items from a .txt or .csv file.

You can import items to a new or existing list container.

Request URL

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POST <kibana host>:<port>/api/lists/items/_import

The request must include:

The Content-Type: multipart/form-data HTTP header.
A link to the file containing the list items.

For example, using cURL:

curl -X POST "<kibana host>:<port>/api/lists/items/_import"
-u <username>:<password> -H 'kbn-xsrf: true'
-H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data'
--form "file=@<link to file>"

The relative link to the file containing the list items.

URL query parameters

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Name	Type	Description	Required
`list_id`	String	ID of the list container.	Required when importing to an existing container.
`type`	String	The datatype of excludes the list container holds, which can be either `ip` or `keyword`.	Required when importing to a new container.

Example requests

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Adds the IP addresses in the internal-IPs.txt to the internal-ip-excludes list container:

curl -X POST "api/lists/items/_import?list_id=internal-ip-excludes"
-H 'kbn-xsrf: true' -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data'
--form "file=@internal-IPs.txt"

Adds the IP addresses in the internal-IPs.txt to a new list container:

curl -X POST "api/lists/items/_import?type=ip"
-H 'kbn-xsrf: true' -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data'
--form "file=@internal-IPs.txt"

Response code

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200: Indicates a successful call.

Response payload

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{
  "_version": "WzcsMV0=",
  "id": "internal-ip-excludes",
  "created_at": "2020-08-11T10:38:51.087Z",
  "created_by": "elastic",
  "description": "Contains list items that exclude internal IP addresses from detection rule matches.",
  "immutable": false,
  "name": "Trusted internal IP addresses",
  "tie_breaker_id": "195f54fb-244d-4f9a-9a5b-e728901347e0",
  "type": "ip",
  "updated_at": "2020-08-11T10:42:30.205Z",
  "updated_by": "elastic",
  "version": 1
}

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