# Kibana Dev Tools: can the commands in console be saved?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dev-tools-can-the-commands-in-console-be-saved/256263>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [November 22, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dev-tools-can-the-commands-in-console-be-saved/256263 "2020-11-22T12:23:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![smlbiobot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/smlbiobot/32/29622_2.png) [@smlbiobot](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/smlbiobot)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dev-tools-can-the-commands-in-console-be-saved/256263/1 "2020-11-22T12:23:20Z")

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Right now, the commands in the Kibana Dev Tools console appears to be tied to the browser. If you change computers or use a different browser session, it is gone completely.

It is probably implemented this way because they are meant to be short-lived. In my use case though, I keep many frequently used management-related commands directly in the console so I can debug issues or get info quickly.

Here’s a sample of what I keep in the console:

```auto
GET /_cat/indices?s=index
GET /_cat/indices?s=store.size
GET /_cat/indices?health=yellow
GET /_cat/allocation?v&s=node
GET /_cat/aliases?v
GET /_cat/health
GET /_cat/nodes?v&s=name
GET /_cat/nodeattrs?v&s=name
GET /_cat/shards?v&s=index
GET /_cat/templates?v&s=name
GET /_cat/thread_pool?v&s=node_name
GET /_cluster/allocation/explain
GET _tasks

```

As I use these quite often, I find myself saving the entire console to a text file that I can retrieve when I am on a different computer. Can these in fact be saved?

**Additionally** (Feature Request):

I realize that the console is not intended as a control panel — but would you in fact consider having some type of dashboard / GUI that have a few buttons to define your own commands to run?

I feel that this would be very useful.

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**Author:** ![mattkime](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mattkime/32/43522_2.png) [@mattkime](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mattkime)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dev-tools-can-the-commands-in-console-be-saved/256263/2 "2020-11-22T22:59:39Z")

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Hello @smlbiobot

Here's a feature request issue that matches your request -[https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/23488](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/23488)

As far as the control panel is concerned, you might consider writing a kibana plugin - [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/external-plugin-development.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/external-plugin-development.html) or writing a small app that makes requests to your elasticsearch cluster.

Generally speaking, we attempt to automate or provide apis for any management concerns.

Thanks,  
Matt

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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:** [December 20, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dev-tools-can-the-commands-in-console-be-saved/256263/3 "2020-12-20T22:59:53Z")

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