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[DOCS] Add space_id path parameter to saved_object APIs (#47627)
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[[saved-objects-api-resolve-import-errors]]
=== Resolve import errors API
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<titleabbrev>Resolve import errors</titleabbrev>
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experimental[] Resolve errors from the import API.
To resolve errors, you can:
* Retry certain saved objects
* Overwrite specific saved objects
* Change references to different saved objects
[[saved-objects-api-resolve-import-errors-request]]
==== Request
`POST /api/saved_objects/_resolve_import_errors`
`POST /s/<space_id>/api/saved_objects/_resolve_import_errors`
[[saved-objects-api-resolve-import-errors-path-params]]
==== Path parameters
`space_id`::
(Optional, string) An identifier for the space. If `space_id` is not provided in the URL, the default space is used.
[[saved-objects-api-resolve-import-errors-request-body]]
==== Request body
The request body must include the multipart/form-data type.
`file`::
The same file given to the import API.
`retries`::
(array) A list of `type`, `id`, `replaceReferences`, and `overwrite` objects to retry. The property `replaceReferences` is a list of `type`, `from`, and `to` used to change the object references.
[[saved-objects-api-resolve-import-errors-response-body]]
==== Response body
`success`::
Top-level property that indicates if the errors successfully resolved.
`successCount`::
Indicates the number of successfully resolved records.
`errors`::
(array) Specifies the objects that failed to resolve.
[[saved-objects-api-resolve-import-errors-codes]]
==== Response code
`200`::
Indicates a successful call.
[[saved-objects-api-resolve-import-errors-example]]
==== Examples
Retry a dashboard import:
[source,js]
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$ curl -X POST "localhost:5601/api/saved_objects/_resolve_import_errors" -H "kbn-xsrf: true" --form file=@file.ndjson --form retries='[{"type":"dashboard","id":"my-dashboard"}]'
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The `file.ndjson` file contains the following:
[source,js]
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{"type":"dashboard","id":"my-dashboard","attributes":{"title":"Look at my dashboard"}}
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The API returns the following:
[source,js]
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{
"success": true,
"successCount": 1
}
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Resolve errors for a dashboard and overwrite the existing saved object:
[source,js]
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$ curl -X POST "localhost:5601/api/saved_objects/_resolve_import_errors" -H "kbn-xsrf: true" --form file=@file.ndjson --form retries='[{"type":"dashboard","id":"my-dashboard","overwrite":true}]'
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The `file.ndjson` file contains the following:
[source,js]
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{"type":"index-pattern","id":"my-pattern","attributes":{"title":"my-pattern-*"}}
{"type":"dashboard","id":"my-dashboard","attributes":{"title":"Look at my dashboard"}}
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The API returns the following:
[source,js]
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{
"success": true,
"successCount": 1
}
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Resolve errors for a visualization by replacing the index pattern with another:
[source,js]
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$ curl -X POST "localhost:5601/api/saved_objects/_resolve_import_errors" -H "kbn-xsrf: true" --form file=@file.ndjson --form retries='[{"type":"visualization","id":"my-vis","replaceReferences":[{"type":"index-pattern","from":"missing","to":"existing"}]}]'
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The `file.ndjson` file contains the following:
[source,js]
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{"type":"visualization","id":"my-vis","attributes":{"title":"Look at my visualization"},"references":[{"name":"ref_0","type":"index-pattern","id":"missing"}]}
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The API returns the following:
[source,js]
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{
"success": true,
"successCount": 1
}
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