Kibana URL builder

This library allows building Kibana URLs, for instance when sending notifications.

It has been tested with Kibana 6.x and 7.x versions.

Usage

# Using npm
npm install @clickandmortar/kibana-url-builder

# Using Yarn
yarn add @clickandmortar/kibana-url-builder

const kub = require('@clickandmortar/kibana-url-builder')

const url = kub.buildDiscoverUrl({
    host: 'http://kibana:5601',
    columns: ['_source'],
    filters: [],
    query: 'my query'
})

// url = http://kibana:5601/app/kibana#/discover?_g=(time:(from:now-15m,mode:quick,to:now))&_a=(columns:!(_source),filters:!(),interval:auto,query:(language:lucene,query:'my query'),sort:!('@timestamp',desc))

Methods

buildDiscoverUrl ({ host, refreshInterval, period, columns, filters, index, interval, query, sort }: KibanaDiscoverUrlBuildParameters): string

This method returns a stateless Kibana "Discover" URL, which can be shared and used by anyone having access to the Kibana instance.

Parameter	Type	Default	Required	Example
host	string		✅	http://kibana:5601
columns	string[]	['_source']		['_source', 'log']
filters	KibanaQueryFilter[]	[]		See below
query	string			foo AND bar (Lucene syntax)
period	KibanaQueryPeriod	{ "from": "now-15m", "mode": "quick", "to": "now" }		See below
index	string		When using filters	my-index-pattern
interval	string	auto		15m
refreshInterval	KibanaQueryRefreshInterval	{ "pause": true, "value": 300000 }
sort	KibanaQuerySort	{ "field": "@timestamp", "direction": "desc" }

Filters

When using filters, you must provide the index pattern name using index property.

Supported filter types:

• Exists / Not exists (type = exists)
• Is / Is not (type = query)
• One of / Not one of (type = phrases)
• Between / Not between (type = range)

"Not" filters can be used setting the negate property of the filter to true.

All filters are of type KibanaQueryFilter and share the following properties:

Property	Type	Default	Required	Description
type	string	-	✅	See below examples
field	string	-	✅	Name of the ES field
value	string|boolean|number|string[]	-	✅	See below examples
negate	boolean	false	-	Negate the filter
alias	string	none		Alias for the filter
disabled	boolean	false		Mark filter as disabled

Exists / Not exists

{
  type: 'exists',
  field: 'statusCode'
}

Is / Is not

{
  type: 'query',
  field: 'namespace',
  value: 'kube-system'
}

One of / Not one of

{
  type: 'phrases',
  field: 'namespace',
  value: ['kube-system', 'default']
}

Between / Not between

{
  type: 'range',
  field: 'statusCode',
  value: [400, 499]
}

Period

Three period presets are available:

• quick and relative: dates using Elasticsearch Date Math, ie. now, now-7d, etc.
• absolute: absolute dates

Quick & Relative periods

{
  from: 'now-7d',
  to: 'now',
  mode: 'quick'
}

Absolute periods

{
  from: '2021-03-31T22:00:00.000Z',
  to: '2021-04-02T21:59:59.999Z',
  mode: 'absolute'
}

Testing

npm run test

Enhancements

• Add support for filters
• Add tests: ⚙️ WIP
• Add missing filters: is one of, is between
• Add documentation for filters
• Add documentation for advanced period
• Add support for Visualize query
• Add support for Kibana Query Language in query
• Test compatibility with Kibana 7.x