Get a saved object

Base URL: https://{kibana_url}

GET /api/saved_objects/{type}/{id}

Auth Deprecated

Warning

This API is deprecated. This is a legacy Saved Objects API and may be removed in a future version of Kibana.

Retrieves a single Kibana saved object by type and ID.

For transferring or backing up saved objects, prefer the export API (POST /api/saved_objects/_export).

Path parameters

type string · max length: 256 required: The saved object type.
id string · max length: 512 required: The saved object identifier.

Responses

200

A saved object.

application/json

400

A bad request.

application/json

Base URL: https://{kibana_url}

Examples

Request Console 1 / 2 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

GET kbn://api/saved_objects/dashboard/example-dashboard-1

curl Shell

curl \
  -X GET "${KIBANA_URL}/api/saved_objects/dashboard/example-dashboard-1" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}"

Response

{
  "attributes": {
    "title": "Example dashboard 1"
  },
  "id": "example-dashboard-1",
  "managed": false,
  "namespaces": [
    "default"
  ],
  "references": [],
  "type": "dashboard",
  "updated_at": "2026-04-17T12:00:00.000Z",
  "version": "WzEsMV0="
}

{
  "error": "Bad Request",
  "message": "Unsupported saved object type(s): unknownType",
  "statusCode": 400
}