[[dashboard-api-export]]
=== Export dashboard API
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<titleabbrev>Export dashboard</titleabbrev>
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experimental[] Export dashboards and corresponding saved objects.

[[dashboard-api-export-request]]
==== Request

`GET <kibana host>:<port>/api/kibana/dashboards/export`

`GET <kibana host>:<port>/s/<space-id>/api/kibana/dashboards/export`

[[dashboard-api-export-params]]
==== Query parameters

`dashboard`::
  (Required, array|string) The IDs of the dashboards that you want to export.

[[dashboard-api-export-response-body]]
==== Response body

`objects`::
  (array) A top level property that includes the saved objects. The order of the objects is not guaranteed. Use the exact response body as the request body for the corresponding <<dashboard-import-api, Import dashboard API>>.

[[dashboard-api-export-codes]]
==== Response code

`200`::
  Indicates a successful call.

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[[dashboard-api-export-example]]
==== Example

[source,sh]
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$ curl -X GET api/kibana/dashboards/export?dashboard=942dcef0-b2cd-11e8-ad8e-85441f0c2e5c <1>
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// KIBANA

<1> The dashboard ID is `942dcef0-b2cd-11e8-ad8e-85441f0c2e5c`.