Search cases

GET /api/cases/_find
Api key auth Basic auth

You must have read privileges for the Cases feature in the Management, Observability, or Security section of the Kibana feature privileges, depending on the owner of the cases you're seeking.

Query parameters

  • assignees string | array[string]

    Filters the returned cases by assignees. Valid values are none or unique identifiers for the user profiles. These identifiers can be found by using the suggest user profile API.

  • category string | array[string]

    Filters the returned cases by category.

  • defaultSearchOperator string

    he default operator to use for the simple_query_string.

    Default value is OR.

  • from string

    Returns only cases that were created after a specific date. The date must be specified as a KQL data range or date match expression.

  • owner string | array[string]

    A filter to limit the response to a specific set of applications. If this parameter is omitted, the response contains information about all the cases that the user has access to read.

    Values are cases, observability, or securitySolution.

  • page integer

    The page number to return.

    Default value is 1.

  • perPage integer

    The number of items to return. Limited to 100 items.

    Maximum value is 100. Default value is 20.

  • reporters string | array[string]

    Filters the returned cases by the user name of the reporter.

  • searchFields string | array[string]

    The fields to perform the simple_query_string parsed query against.

    Values are description or title.

  • severity string

    The severity of the case.

    Values are critical, high, low, or medium.

  • sortField string

    Determines which field is used to sort the results.

    Values are createdAt, updatedAt, closedAt, title, category, status, or severity. Default value is createdAt.

  • sortOrder string

    Determines the sort order.

    Values are asc or desc. Default value is desc.

  • status string

    Filters the returned cases by state.

    Values are closed, in-progress, or open.

  • tags string | array[string]

    Filters the returned cases by tags.

  • to string

    Returns only cases that were created before a specific date. The date must be specified as a KQL data range or date match expression.

Responses

  • 200 application/json

    Indicates a successful call.

    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
    • cases array[object]

      Not more than 10000 elements.

      Hide cases attributes Show cases attributes object
      • assignees array[object] | null

        An array containing users that are assigned to the case.

        Not more than 10 elements.

        Hide assignees attribute Show assignees attribute object
        • uid string Required

          A unique identifier for the user profile. These identifiers can be found by using the suggest user profile API.

      • category string | null

        The case category.

      • closed_at string(date-time) | null Required
      • closed_by object | null Required
        Hide closed_by attributes Show closed_by attributes object | null
        • email string | null Required
        • full_name string | null Required
        • profile_uid string
        • username string | null Required
      • comments array[object] Required

        An array of comment objects for the case.

        Not more than 10000 elements.

        One of:
        Cases_alert_comment_response_properties object Cases_user_comment_response_properties object

      • connector object Required

        One of:
        Cases_connector_properties_none object Cases_connector_properties_cases_webhook object Cases_connector_properties_jira object Cases_connector_properties_resilient object Cases_connector_properties_servicenow object Cases_connector_properties_servicenow_sir object Cases_connector_properties_swimlane object
      • created_at string(date-time) Required
      • created_by object Required
        Hide created_by attributes Show created_by attributes object
        • email string | null Required
        • full_name string | null Required
        • profile_uid string
        • username string | null Required
      • customFields array[object]

        Custom field values for the case.

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        • key string

          The unique identifier for the custom field. The key value must exist in the case configuration settings.

        • type string

          The custom field type. It must match the type specified in the case configuration settings.

          Values are text or toggle.

        • value string | null | boolean

          The custom field value. If the custom field is required, it cannot be explicitly set to null. However, for cases that existed when the required custom field was added, the default value stored in Elasticsearch is undefined. The value returned in the API and user interface in this case is null.

          One of:
          string-1 string | null boolean-2 boolean

          Minimum length is 1, maximum length is 160.

      • description string Required
      • duration integer | null Required

        The elapsed time from the creation of the case to its closure (in seconds). If the case has not been closed, the duration is set to null. If the case was closed after less than half a second, the duration is rounded down to zero.

      • external_service object | null Required
        Hide external_service attributes Show external_service attributes object | null
        • connector_id string
        • connector_name string
        • external_id string
        • external_title string
        • external_url string
        • pushed_at string(date-time)
        • pushed_by object | null
          Hide pushed_by attributes Show pushed_by attributes object | null
          • email string | null
          • full_name string | null
          • profile_uid string
          • username string | null
      • id string Required
      • owner string Required

        The application that owns the cases: Stack Management, Observability, or Elastic Security.

        Values are cases, observability, or securitySolution.

      • settings object Required

        An object that contains the case settings.

        Hide settings attribute Show settings attribute object
        • syncAlerts boolean Required

          Turns alert syncing on or off.

      • severity string Required

        The severity of the case.

        Values are critical, high, low, or medium. Default value is low.

      • status string Required

        The status of the case.

        Values are closed, in-progress, or open.

      • tags array[string] Required
      • title string Required
      • totalAlerts integer Required
      • totalComment integer Required
      • updated_at string(date-time) | null Required
      • updated_by object | null Required
        Hide updated_by attributes Show updated_by attributes object | null
        • email string | null Required
        • full_name string | null Required
        • profile_uid string
        • username string | null Required
      • version string Required
    • count_closed_cases integer
    • count_in_progress_cases integer
    • count_open_cases integer
    • page integer
    • per_page integer
    • total integer
  • 401 application/json

    Authorization information is missing or invalid.

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    • error string
    • message string
    • statusCode integer
GET /api/cases/_find 
curl \
 --request GET 'http://localhost:5601/api/cases/_find' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200) 
{
  "page": 1,
  "cases": [
    {
      "id": "abed3a70-71bd-11ea-a0b2-c51ea50a58e2",
      "tags": [
        "tag-1"
      ],
      "owner": "cases",
      "title": "Case title",
      "status": "open",
      "version": "WzExMCwxXQ==",
      "category": null,
      "comments": [],
      "duration": null,
      "settings": {
        "syncAlerts": true
      },
      "severity": "low",
      "assignees": [],
      "closed_at": null,
      "closed_by": null,
      "connector": {
        "id": "none",
        "name": "none",
        "type": ".none",
        "fields": null
      },
      "created_at": "2023-10-12T00:16:36.371Z",
      "created_by": {
        "email": null,
        "username": "elastic",
        "full_name": null,
        "profile_uid": "u_mGBROF_q5bmFCATbLXAcCwKa0k8JvONAwSruelyKA5E_0"
      },
      "updated_at": "2023-10-12T00:27:58.162Z",
      "updated_by": {
        "email": null,
        "username": "elastic",
        "full_name": null,
        "profile_uid": "u_mGBROF_q5bmFCATbLXAcCwKa0k8JvONAwSruelyKA5E_0"
      },
      "description": "Case description",
      "totalAlerts": 0,
      "customFields": [
        {
          "key": "d312efda-ec2b-42ec-9e2c-84981795c581",
          "type": "text",
          "value": "My field value"
        },
        {
          "key": "fcc6840d-eb14-42df-8aaf-232201a705ec",
          "type": "toggle",
          "value": null
        }
      ],
      "totalComment": 1,
      "external_service": null
    }
  ],
  "total": 1,
  "per_page": 5,
  "count_open_cases": 1,
  "count_closed_cases": 0,
  "count_in_progress_cases": 0
}