# Create a saved object

**POST /api/saved_objects/{type}**

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

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

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

WARNING: This API is deprecated. This is a legacy Saved Objects API and may be removed in a future version of Kibana.

Creates a Kibana saved object; if an ID is provided it is used, otherwise Kibana generates one.

For transferring or backing up saved objects, prefer the import and export APIs (`POST /api/saved_objects/_import` and `POST /api/saved_objects/_export`).


## Servers
- https://localhost:5601: https://localhost:5601 ()


## Authentication methods
- Api key auth
- Basic auth


## Parameters
### Headers
- **kbn-xsrf** (string)
  A required header to protect against CSRF attacks

### Path parameters
- **type** (string)
  The saved object type.

### Query parameters
- **overwrite** (boolean)
  Overwrite an existing saved object.

### Body: application/json (object)

- **attributes** (object)

- **coreMigrationVersion** (string)

- **initialNamespaces** (array[string])

- **migrationVersion** (object)

- **references** (array[object])

- **typeMigrationVersion** (string)



## Responses
### 200
A successful create response.

### 409
A conflict error.


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