---
title: "Returns user privileges for the Kibana space"
method: GET
path: "/api/detection_engine/privileges"
tags: ["Security Detections API"]
---

# Returns user privileges for the Kibana space

`GET /api/detection_engine/privileges`

**Spaces method and path for this operation:**

<div><span class="operation-verb get">get</span>&nbsp;<span class="operation-path">/s/{space_id}/api/detection_engine/privileges</span></div>

Refer to [Spaces](https://www.elastic.co/docs/deploy-manage/manage-spaces) for more information.

Retrieves whether or not the user is authenticated, and the user's Kibana
space and index privileges, which determine if the user can create an
index for the Elastic Security alerts generated by
detection engine rules.

## Response `200`

Successful response

- object
  - `has_encryption_key` boolean, required
  - `is_authenticated` boolean, required

## Other responses

- `401` — Unsuccessful authentication response
- `500` — Internal server error response

---

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