# How to use cat apis inside kibana 6.1

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-cat-apis-inside-kibana-6-1/203761>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [October 16, 2019, 7:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-cat-apis-inside-kibana-6-1/203761 "2019-10-16T07:03:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![vvvprabhakar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vvvprabhakar/32/53806_2.png) [@vvvprabhakar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vvvprabhakar)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 7:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-cat-apis-inside-kibana-6-1/203761/1 "2019-10-16T07:03:29Z")

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What module to import or what module to require .  
how can i use cat api's inside kibana plugin status plugin

Or any example how to use it

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**Author:** ![lukas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas/32/6812_2.png) [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 8:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-cat-apis-inside-kibana-6-1/203761/2 "2019-10-17T20:41:41Z")

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I'm not exactly sure what you're asking. Are you building a Kibana plugin that needs to access the Elasticsearch `cat` APIs?

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**Author:** ![vvvprabhakar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vvvprabhakar/32/53806_2.png) [@vvvprabhakar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vvvprabhakar)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 9:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-cat-apis-inside-kibana-6-1/203761/3 "2019-10-18T09:00:06Z")

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yes i want to uuse inside my plugin

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**Author:** ![lukas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas/32/6812_2.png) [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-cat-apis-inside-kibana-6-1/203761/4 "2019-10-18T20:17:34Z")

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Hopefully this helps: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/development-elasticsearch.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/development-elasticsearch.html)

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**Author:** ![vvvprabhakar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vvvprabhakar/32/53806_2.png) [@vvvprabhakar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vvvprabhakar)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 5:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-cat-apis-inside-kibana-6-1/203761/5 "2019-10-21T05:51:42Z")

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cool i will try this

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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:** [November 18, 2019, 5:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-cat-apis-inside-kibana-6-1/203761/6 "2019-11-18T05:51:44Z")

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