# Documentation for Kibana REST API **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [September 7, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/documentation-for-kibana-rest-api/147740 "2018-09-07T15:12:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ken\_Leoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@Ken\_Leoni](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ken_Leoni)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/documentation-for-kibana-rest-api/147740/1 "2018-09-07T15:12:57Z")
I attended ElasticOn Boston and was told that there is documentation online for the REST API to export / import Kibana visualizations and dashboards. I can't for the life of me find it. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![cjcenizal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cjcenizal/32/11216_2.png) [@cjcenizal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cjcenizal)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/documentation-for-kibana-rest-api/147740/2 "2018-09-07T15:26:05Z")
Hi Ken, thanks for coming to the event! I believe this is the documentation you're looking for: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/master/saved-objects-api.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/master/saved-objects-api.html). In Kibana parlance "saved objects" refers to the entities Kibana persists in Elasticsearch, e.g. visualizations, dashboards, saved searches, and index patterns. Best, CJ ---
**Author:** ![Ken\_Leoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@Ken\_Leoni](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ken_Leoni)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/documentation-for-kibana-rest-api/147740/3 "2018-09-07T15:37:46Z")
Exactly.. thank you! ---
**Author:** ![cjcenizal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cjcenizal/32/11216_2.png) [@cjcenizal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cjcenizal)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/documentation-for-kibana-rest-api/147740/4 "2018-09-07T15:39:44Z")
By the way, if you want to export dashboards with all of the associated visualizations, etc. then I recommend trying out our Dashboard import/export API: [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/10858](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/10858). It's much easier to use than the generic import/export API. It's not yet documented but the PR outlines how to use it. Let me know if you try it and encounter any issues! ---
**Author:** ![cjcenizal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cjcenizal/32/11216_2.png) [@cjcenizal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cjcenizal)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/documentation-for-kibana-rest-api/147740/5 "2018-09-07T15:40:34Z")
Additional related notes here: [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/14872](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/14872) ---
**Author:** ![whoami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9a28c/32.png) [@whoami](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/whoami)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 12:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/documentation-for-kibana-rest-api/147740/7 "2018-09-12T12:48:59Z")
hi expert @cjcenizal, do we have api to create indexpattern? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 12:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/documentation-for-kibana-rest-api/147740/8 "2018-10-10T12:56:38Z")
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