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Shorten URL API

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Shorten URL API

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[preview] This functionality is in technical preview and may be changed or removed in a future release. Elastic will work to fix any issues, but features in technical preview are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features. Convert a Kibana URL into a token.

Request

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POST /api/shorten_url

Request body

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url: (Required, string) The Kibana URL that you want to shorten, Relative to /app/kibana.

Response body

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urlId: A top level property that contains the shortened URL token for the provided request body.

Response code

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200: Indicates a successful call.

Example

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POST api/shorten_url
{
  "url": "/app/kibana#/dashboard?_g=()&_a=(description:'',filters:!(),fullScreenMode:!f,options:(hidePanelTitles:!f,useMargins:!t),panels:!((embeddableConfig:(),gridData:(h:15,i:'1',w:24,x:0,y:0),id:'8f4d0c00-4c86-11e8-b3d7-01146121b73d',panelIndex:'1',type:visualization,version:'7.0.0-alpha1')),query:(language:lucene,query:''),timeRestore:!f,title:'New%20Dashboard',viewMode:edit)"
}

The API returns the following result:

{
  "urlId": "f73b295ff92718b26bc94edac766d8e3"
}

For easy sharing, construct the shortened Kibana URL:

http://localhost:5601/goto/f73b295ff92718b26bc94edac766d8e3

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