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Update saved objects spaces APIedit

[preview] This functionality is in technical preview and may be changed or removed in a future release. Elastic will apply best effort to fix any issues, but features in technical preview are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features. Update saved objects spaces.

Updates one or more saved objects to add and/or remove them from specified spaces.

Requestedit

POST <kibana host>:<port>/api/spaces/_update_objects_spaces

Request bodyedit

objects

(Required, object array) The saved objects to update.

Properties of objects
type
(Required, string) The saved object type.
id
(Required, string) The saved object ID.
spacesToAdd
(Required, string array) The IDs of the spaces the specified objects should be added to.
spacesToRemove
(Required, string array) The IDs of the spaces the specified objects should be removed from.

Response bodyedit

objects

(object array) The saved objects that have been updated.

Properties of objects
type
(string) The saved object type.
id
(string) The saved object ID.
spaces
(string array) The space(s) that the referenced saved object exists in.
errors
(string) Included if there was an error updating this object’s spaces.

Examplesedit

Sharing saved objectsedit

To share a saved object to a space programmatically follow these steps:

  1. Collect reference graph and spaces context for each saved object that you want to share using Get shareable references API:

    $ curl -X POST /api/spaces/_get_shareable_references
{
  "objects": [
    {
      "type": "index-pattern",
      "id": "90943e30-9a47-11e8-b64d-95841ca0b247"
    }
  ]
}

    The API returns the following:

    {
  "objects": [
    {
      "type": "index-pattern",
      "id": "90943e30-9a47-11e8-b64d-95841ca0b247",
      "spaces": ["default"],
      "inboundReferences": [],
      "spacesWithMatchingOrigins": ["default"]
    }
  ]
}

  2. Check each saved object for spacesWithMatchingOrigins conflicts.

    Objects should not be shared to spaces with matching origins or you will create URL conflicts (causing the same URL to point to different saved objects).

  3. Check each saved object for spacesWithMatchingAliases conflicts.

    If these match the space(s) that these saved objects will be shared to you should disable legacy URL aliases for them using Disable legacy URL aliases API.

    When sharing to all spaces (*) all entries in spacesWithMatchingAliases should be checked.

  4. Update spaces of each saved object and all its references:

    $ curl -X POST /api/spaces/_update_objects_spaces
{
  "objects": [
    {
      "type": "index-pattern",
      "id": "90943e30-9a47-11e8-b64d-95841ca0b247"
    }
  ],
  "spacesToAdd": ["test"],
  "spacesToRemove": []
}

    The API returns the following:

    {
  "objects": [
    {
      "type": "index-pattern",
      "id": "90943e30-9a47-11e8-b64d-95841ca0b247",
      "spaces": ["default", "test"]
    }
  ]
}
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