# API to backup and restore settings from Infrastructure and Metric Explorer apps

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-to-backup-and-restore-settings-from-infrastructure-and-metric-explorer-apps/228024>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [April 15, 2020, 3:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-to-backup-and-restore-settings-from-infrastructure-and-metric-explorer-apps/228024 "2020-04-15T03:48:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-to-backup-and-restore-settings-from-infrastructure-and-metric-explorer-apps/228024/2 "2020-04-15T14:34:57Z")

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Hello,

We have the saved object api in Kibana: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/master/saved-objects-api-get.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/master/saved-objects-api-get.html) but it doesn't cover Infra UI objects for now.  
In the meantime you could do your own query to the .kibana index and get the document that has the ` type: infrastructure-ui-source` which is where the settings reside. It's a hacky way of doing it, the format might change over time so I can't guarantee it will work forever.

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