# Kibana Import Objects API

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-import-objects-api/288383>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [November 4, 2021, 5:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-import-objects-api/288383 "2021-11-04T05:58:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Ryan\_Clark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ryan_clark/32/44467_2.png) [@Ryan\_Clark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ryan_Clark)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 5:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-import-objects-api/288383/1 "2021-11-04T05:58:53Z")

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Hi,  
I'm trying to write a powershell script to import some saved objects I have created and exported from Kibana.

I can get this to work just fine on linux using curl:  
`curl -X POST "http://myserver:5601/api/saved_objects/_import?createNewCopies=false" -H "kbn-xsrf: true" --form file=@MyDashboard.ndjson -H 'kbn-xsrf: true'`

How do you do this with invoke-restmethod in powershell? The main thing I'm not seeing is something equivalent to "--form" and then defining the file=

Has anyone done this in PowerShell with Invoke-RestMethod? Can you provide an example?

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**Author:** ![Rios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rios/32/95745_2.png) [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 9:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-import-objects-api/288383/2 "2021-11-04T09:01:52Z")

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I have used a similar method for a bulk insert  
Invoke-WebRequest -uri "[http://localhost:9200/\_bulk](http://localhost:9200/_bulk)" -Method POST -ContentType "application/json" -InFile C:\temp\test.json -UseBasicParsing

This links will help you to write the PS script.

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**Author:** ![Ryan\_Clark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ryan_clark/32/44467_2.png) [@Ryan\_Clark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ryan_Clark)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 5:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-import-objects-api/288383/3 "2021-11-08T05:40:15Z")

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Thanks for the reply and the links but it seems that the Kibana API works a little differently requiring some extra headers or something. I've tried two methods and got to the point with both where I'm getting the error: "The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden."

I know I'm using the correct credentials as I can login through the web browser just fine.

Here are the two methods I tried.

```auto
$hdrs = @{}
$hdrs.Add("kbn-xsrf","true")
Invoke-RestMethod -Method POST -Uri "https://$serverName:5601/api/saved_objects/_import?createNewCopies=false" -Credential $ACred -ContentType "application/json" -Body $WinDash -Headers $hdrs

```

and

```auto
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://$serverName:5601/api/saved_objects/_import?createNewCopies=false" -Method POST -ContentType "application/json" -InFile $WinDash -UseBasicParsing

```

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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 6, 2021, 5:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-import-objects-api/288383/4 "2021-12-06T05:40:25Z")

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