# Extract/export Kibana charts to embed/inport them somewhere else

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**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 13, 2015, 10:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/extract-export-kibana-charts-to-embed-inport-them-somewhere-else/23621 "2015-05-13T22:38:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 10:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/extract-export-kibana-charts-to-embed-inport-them-somewhere-else/23621/1 "2015-05-13T22:38:02Z")

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Is there a convenient way of snapshotting Kibana charts in static  
svg/png/jpg formats  
or CSS/javascript widgets eventually, to display or embed them within other  
application views outside Kibana ?

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**Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/extract-export-kibana-charts-to-embed-inport-them-somewhere-else/23621/2 "2015-05-13T23:40:36Z")

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You can embed KB4 into external web based apps. But you cannot with KB3.

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On 14 May 2015 at 08:38, Luca G. Soave [luca.soave@gmail.com](mailto:luca.soave@gmail.com) wrote:

> Is there a convenient way of snapshotting Kibana charts in static  
> svg/png/jpg formats  
> or CSS/javascript widgets eventually, to display or embed them within  
> other application views outside Kibana ?
> 
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**Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/extract-export-kibana-charts-to-embed-inport-them-somewhere-else/23621/3 "2015-05-14T16:02:38Z")

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Thanks Mark,

do you have a link, a doc, or example code,  
for embedding KB4 into external web based app ?

I'm watching this thread:

> [@Embed Kibana graphics in enduser projects](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/embed-kibana-graphics-in-enduser-projects/482):
>
> Hi, I'm fairly new to kibana (but not to ElasticSearch) and always implemented charts myself. But as kibana looks really powerful I would like to 'export' certain charts to the dashboard of my customers. Is there a blog post or something which describes this process like the necessary JS files and problems? For example you can already export charts via an iframe, but using the raw kibana URL there would be a severe security hole (?). Instead I would like to point the kibana chart to use my mid…

On Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 1:41:09 AM UTC+2, Mark Walkom wrote:

> You can embed KB4 into external web based apps. But you cannot with KB3.
> 
> PS - We're moving to [https://discuss.elastic.co/](https://discuss.elastic.co/), please join us there  
> for any future discussions!
> 
> On 14 May 2015 at 08:38, Luca G. Soave \<[luca....@gmail.com](mailto:luca....@gmail.com) \<javascript:\>\>  
> wrote:
> 
> > Is there a convenient way of snapshotting Kibana charts in static  
> > svg/png/jpg formats  
> > or CSS/javascript widgets eventually, to display or embed them within  
> > other application views outside Kibana ?
> > 
> > ## -- Please update your bookmarks! We have moved to [https://discuss.elastic.co/](https://discuss.elastic.co/)
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> > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/fbf9503c-9f6f-4479-bcee-b6c55aa9df80%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/fbf9503c-9f6f-4479-bcee-b6c55aa9df80%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer)  
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**Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/extract-export-kibana-charts-to-embed-inport-them-somewhere-else/23621/4 "2015-05-14T21:28:46Z")

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... I also replicated the Q. for the sake of new elasticsearch discuss  
forum:

> [@Extract/export Kibana charts to embed/inport them somewhere else](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/extract-export-kibana-charts-to-embed-inport-them-somewhere-else/716):
>
> Is there a convenient way of snapshotting Kibana charts in static svg/png/jpg formats or CSS/javascript widgets eventually, to display or embed them within other application views outside Kibana?

On Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 6:02:39 PM UTC+2, Luca G. Soave wrote:

> Thanks Mark,
> 
> do you have a link, a doc, or example code,  
> for embedding KB4 into external web based app ?
> 
> I'm watching this thread:  
> [Embed Kibana graphics in enduser projects](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/embed-kibana-graphics-in-enduser-projects/482)
> 
> On Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 1:41:09 AM UTC+2, Mark Walkom wrote:
> 
> > You can embed KB4 into external web based apps. But you cannot with KB3.
> > 
> > PS - We're moving to [https://discuss.elastic.co/](https://discuss.elastic.co/), please join us there  
> > for any future discussions!
> > 
> > On 14 May 2015 at 08:38, Luca G. Soave [luca....@gmail.com](mailto:luca....@gmail.com) wrote:
> > 
> > > Is there a convenient way of snapshotting Kibana charts in static  
> > > svg/png/jpg formats  
> > > or CSS/javascript widgets eventually, to display or embed them within  
> > > other application views outside Kibana ?
> > > 
> > > ## -- Please update your bookmarks! We have moved to [https://discuss.elastic.co/](https://discuss.elastic.co/)
> > > 
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> > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/fbf9503c-9f6f-4479-bcee-b6c55aa9df80%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/fbf9503c-9f6f-4479-bcee-b6c55aa9df80%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer)  
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**Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/extract-export-kibana-charts-to-embed-inport-them-somewhere-else/23621/5 "2015-05-14T21:44:07Z")

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I've put an answer in that thread for you 🙂

On 15 May 2015 at 02:02, Luca G. Soave [luca.soave@gmail.com](mailto:luca.soave@gmail.com) wrote:

> Thanks Mark,
> 
> do you have a link, a doc, or example code,  
> for embedding KB4 into external web based app ?
> 
> I'm watching this thread:  
> [Embed Kibana graphics in enduser projects](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/embed-kibana-graphics-in-enduser-projects/482)
> 
> On Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 1:41:09 AM UTC+2, Mark Walkom wrote:
> 
> > You can embed KB4 into external web based apps. But you cannot with KB3.
> > 
> > PS - We're moving to [https://discuss.elastic.co/](https://discuss.elastic.co/), please join us there  
> > for any future discussions!
> > 
> > On 14 May 2015 at 08:38, Luca G. Soave [luca....@gmail.com](mailto:luca....@gmail.com) wrote:
> > 
> > > Is there a convenient way of snapshotting Kibana charts in static  
> > > svg/png/jpg formats  
> > > or CSS/javascript widgets eventually, to display or embed them within  
> > > other application views outside Kibana ?
> > > 
> > > ## -- Please update your bookmarks! We have moved to [https://discuss.elastic.co/](https://discuss.elastic.co/)
> > > 
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> > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/fbf9503c-9f6f-4479-bcee-b6c55aa9df80%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/fbf9503c-9f6f-4479-bcee-b6c55aa9df80%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer)  
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