# Can ES host a form that posts to an API?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-es-host-a-form-that-posts-to-an-api/263070>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [February 3, 2021, 5:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-es-host-a-form-that-posts-to-an-api/263070 "2021-02-03T05:45:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![irwazr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/irwazr/32/56741_2.png) [@irwazr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/irwazr)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 5:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-es-host-a-form-that-posts-to-an-api/263070/1 "2021-02-03T05:45:18Z")

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We want to be able to create a form in ES/Kibana that allows users to select an option from a dropdown list, and then click a button to make a POST to an API. Is this possible in ES or Kibana? If so, how? Thanks heaps.

Example Use-Case: User selects an option from a dropdown box, then clicks a button to send an alert based on the option they selected.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 5:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-es-host-a-form-that-posts-to-an-api/263070/2 "2021-02-03T05:47:34Z")

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That's not something that is natively built into the stack. You'd need to build a plugin to Kibana to interact with Elasticsearch and provide the form and store the results.

There is inbuilt Alerting that can send something out though.

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**Author:** ![irwazr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/irwazr/32/56741_2.png) [@irwazr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/irwazr)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-es-host-a-form-that-posts-to-an-api/263070/3 "2021-02-04T22:58:14Z")

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Thanks for confirming Mark 👍

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 10:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-es-host-a-form-that-posts-to-an-api/263070/4 "2021-03-04T22:59:07Z")

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