# How to load data from a REST API using Kibana?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-load-data-from-a-rest-api-using-kibana/132741>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 22, 2018, 7:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-load-data-from-a-rest-api-using-kibana/132741 "2018-05-22T07:50:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![breva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/46a35a/32.png) [@breva](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/breva)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 7:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-load-data-from-a-rest-api-using-kibana/132741/1 "2018-05-22T07:50:01Z")

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Hi,

Currently We use Logsthsh + Kibana + Elasticsearch for log analysis. Besides data in elasticsearch, we want to visualize some data from a 3rd-party REST API using the Kibana. Is there any way to do that? Thank you.

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**Author:** ![ppisljar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ppisljar/32/11588_2.png) [@ppisljar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ppisljar)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-load-data-from-a-rest-api-using-kibana/132741/2 "2018-05-22T13:57:48Z")

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This is currently not supported. You would need to index that data in elasticsearch.

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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:** [June 19, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-load-data-from-a-rest-api-using-kibana/132741/3 "2018-06-19T13:57:48Z")

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