# Using elasticsearch-py client to import dashboards

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-elasticsearch-py-client-to-import-dashboards/117477>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 29, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-elasticsearch-py-client-to-import-dashboards/117477 "2018-01-29T14:33:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-elasticsearch-py-client-to-import-dashboards/117477/3 "2018-01-30T14:57:57Z")

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Directly posting to elasticsearch could be problematic (version, format, etc). Kibana has an API for import / export. I would recommend using this instead.

> [@Kibana import/export dashboard api](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-import-export-dashboard-api/108180):
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> Is there any documentation on how to use the new import/export dashboard api for kibana?

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