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Bulk resolve objects APIedit

Deprecated in 8.7.0.

To be removed in an upcoming version

Retrieve multiple Kibana saved objects by ID, using any legacy URL aliases if they exist.

Under certain circumstances, when Kibana is upgraded, saved object migrations may necessitate regenerating some object IDs to enable new features. When an object’s ID is regenerated, a legacy URL alias is created for that object, preserving its old ID. In such a scenario, that object can be retrieved via the Bulk Resolve API using either its new ID or its old ID.

For the most up-to-date API details, refer to the open API specification.

Requestedit

POST <kibana host>:<port>/api/saved_objects/_bulk_resolve

POST <kibana host>:<port>/s/<space_id>/api/saved_objects/_bulk_resolve

Path parametersedit

space_id
(Optional, string) An identifier for the space. If space_id is not provided in the URL, the default space is used.

Request Bodyedit

type
(Required, string) Valid options include visualization, dashboard, search, index-pattern, config.
id
(Required, string) ID of the retrieved object. The ID includes the Kibana unique identifier or a custom identifier.

Response bodyedit

resolved_objects
(array) Top-level property containing objects that represent the response for each of the requested objects. The order of the objects in the response is identical to the order of the objects in the request.

Saved objects that Kibana fails to find are replaced with an error object and an "exactMatch" outcome. The rationale behind the outcome is that "exactMatch" is the default outcome, and the outcome only changes if an alias is found. This behavior is unique to _bulk_resolve; the regular resolve API will return only an HTTP error instead.

Response codeedit

200
Indicates a successful call. Note, this HTTP response code indicates that the bulk operation succeeded. Errors pertaining to individual objects will be returned in the response body. See the example below for details.

Exampleedit

Retrieve an index pattern with the my-pattern ID, and a dashboard with the my-dashboard ID:

$ curl -X POST api/saved_objects/_bulk_resolve
[
  {
    "type": "index-pattern",
    "id": "my-pattern"
  },
  {
    "type": "dashboard",
    "id": "be3733a0-9efe-11e7-acb3-3dab96693fab"
  }
]

The API returns the following:

{
  "resolved_objects": [
    {
      "saved_object": {
        "id": "my-pattern",
        "type": "index-pattern",
        "version": 1,
        "attributes": {
          "title": "my-pattern-*"
        }
      },
      "outcome": "exactMatch"
    },
    {
      "saved_object": {
        "id": "my-dashboard",
        "type": "dashboard",
        "error": {
          "statusCode": 404,
          "message": "Not found"
        }
      },
      "outcome": "exactMatch"
    }
  ]
}

Only the index pattern exists, the dashboard was not found.

In addition to saved_object, several fields can be returned:

  • outcome (required string) — One of the following values:

    • "exactMatch" — One document exactly matched the given ID.
    • "aliasMatch" — One document with a legacy URL alias matched the given ID; in this case the saved_object.id field is different than the given ID.
    • "conflict" — Two documents matched the given ID, one was an exact match and another with a legacy URL alias; in this case the saved_object object is the exact match, and the saved_object.id field is the same as the given ID.
  • alias_target_id (optional string) — If the outcome is "aliasMatch" or "conflict", the response will also include the alias_target_id field. This means that an alias was found for another object, and it describes that other object’s ID.
  • alias_purpose (optional string) — If the outcome is "aliasMatch" or "conflict", the response will also include the alias_purpose field. This indicates why the alias was created, and it can be used to change the client behavior accordingly. One of the following values: "savedObjectConversion", "savedObjectImport"

Client-side code uses these fields to behave differently depending on the outcome — learn more.

Retrieve a dashboard object in the testspace by ID:

$ curl -X GET s/testspace/api/saved_objects/resolve/dashboard/7adfa750-4c81-11e8-b3d7-01146121b73d

The API returns the following:

{
  "resolved_objects": [
    {
      "saved_object": {
        "id": "7adfa750-4c81-11e8-b3d7-01146121b73d",
        "type": "dashboard",
        "updated_at": "2019-07-23T00:11:07.059Z",
        "version": "WzQ0LDFd",
        "attributes": {
          "title": "[Flights] Global Flight Dashboard",
          "hits": 0,
          "description": "Analyze mock flight data for ES-Air, Logstash Airways, Kibana Airlines and JetBeats",
          "panelsJSON": "[ . . . ]",
          "optionsJSON": "{\"hidePanelTitles\":false,\"useMargins\":true}",
          "version": 1,
          "timeRestore": true,
          "timeTo": "now",
          "timeFrom": "now-24h",
          "refreshInterval": {
            "display": "15 minutes",
            "pause": false,
            "section": 2,
            "value": 900000
          },
          "kibanaSavedObjectMeta": {
            "searchSourceJSON": "{\"query\":{\"language\":\"kuery\",\"query\":\"\"},\"filter\":[],\"highlightAll\":true,\"version\":true}"
          }
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "name": "panel_0",
            "type": "visualization",
            "id": "aeb212e0-4c84-11e8-b3d7-01146121b73d"
          },
          . . .
          {
            "name": "panel_18",
            "type": "visualization",
            "id": "ed78a660-53a0-11e8-acbd-0be0ad9d822b"
          }
        ],
        "migrationVersion": {
          "dashboard": "7.0.0"
        }
      },
      "outcome": "conflict",
      "alias_target_id": "05becb88-e214-439a-a2ac-15fc783b5d01"
    }
  ]
}
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