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Get action API

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Get action API

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Retrieves an action by ID.

Request

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GET <kibana host>:<port>/api/actions/action/<id>

GET <kibana host>:<port>/s/<space_id>/api/actions/action/<id>

Path parameters

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id
(Required, string) The ID of the action.
space_id
(Optional, string) An identifier for the space. If space_id is not provided in the URL, the default space is used.

Response code

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200
Indicates a successful call.

Example

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$ curl -X GET api/actions/action/c55b6eb0-6bad-11eb-9f3b-611eebc6c3ad

The API returns the following:

{
  "id": "c55b6eb0-6bad-11eb-9f3b-611eebc6c3ad",
  "actionTypeId": ".index",
  "name": "my-action",
  "config": {
    "index": "test-index",
    "refresh": false,
    "executionTimeField": null
  },
  "isPreconfigured": false
}
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