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Security Lists API

Create a value list

Spaces method and path for this operation:

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

Refer to Spaces for more information.

Create a new value list.

post/api/lists

Request body

descriptionstring nonempty required

Describes the value list.

idstring nonempty

Value list's identifier.

metaSecurityListsAPIListMetadata

Placeholder for metadata about the value list.

namestring nonempty required

Value list's name.

type'binary' | 'boolean' | 'byte' | 'date' | 'date_nanos' | 'date_range' | 'double' | 'double_range' | 'float' | 'float_range' | 'geo_point' | 'geo_shape' | 'half_float' | 'integer' | 'integer_range' | 'ip' | 'ip_range' | 'keyword' | 'long' | 'long_range' | 'shape' | 'short' | 'text' required

Specifies the Elasticsearch data type of excludes the list container holds. Some common examples:

  • keyword: Many ECS fields are Elasticsearch keywords
  • ip: IP addresses
  • ip_range: Range of IP addresses (supports IPv4, IPv6, and CIDR notation)
versioninteger

Example request

{
  "id": "21b01cfb-058d-44b9-838c-282be16c91cd",
  "name": "List of bad IPs"
}

Response

Successful response

_versionstring

The version id, normally returned by the API when the document is retrieved. Use it ensure updates are done against the latest version.

@timestampstring date-time
created_atstring date-time required

Autogenerated date of object creation.

created_bystring required

Autogenerated value - user that created object.

descriptionstring nonempty required

Describes the value list.

idstring nonempty required

Value list's identifier.

immutableboolean required
metaSecurityListsAPIListMetadata

Placeholder for metadata about the value list.

namestring nonempty required

Value list's name.

tie_breaker_idstring required

Field used in search to ensure all containers are sorted and returned correctly.

type'binary' | 'boolean' | 'byte' | 'date' | 'date_nanos' | 'date_range' | 'double' | 'double_range' | 'float' | 'float_range' | 'geo_point' | 'geo_shape' | 'half_float' | 'integer' | 'integer_range' | 'ip' | 'ip_range' | 'keyword' | 'long' | 'long_range' | 'shape' | 'short' | 'text' required

Specifies the Elasticsearch data type of excludes the list container holds. Some common examples:

  • keyword: Many ECS fields are Elasticsearch keywords
  • ip: IP addresses
  • ip_range: Range of IP addresses (supports IPv4, IPv6, and CIDR notation)
updated_atstring date-time required

Autogenerated date of last object update.

updated_bystring required

Autogenerated value - user that last updated object.

versioninteger required

The document version number.

Example response

{
  "_version": "WzIsMV0=",
  "@timestamp": "2025-01-08T04:47:34.273Z",
  "created_at": "2025-01-08T04:47:34.273Z",
  "created_by": "elastic",
  "id": "21b01cfb-058d-44b9-838c-282be16c91cd",
  "name": "List of bad IPs",
  "tie_breaker_id": "f5508188-b1e9-4e6e-9662-d039a7d89899",
  "updated_at": "2025-01-08T04:47:34.273Z",
  "updated_by": "elastic",
  "version": 1
}