import_dashboards.py

# python import_dashboards.py http://localhost:9200 < file.json
 
import sys, httplib, urllib2, json
 
if len(sys.argv) < 2 :
  print("usage :  python import_dashboards.py http://localhost:9200 < file.json")
  exit()
 
elasticsearch_url = sys.argv[1]
post_dashboard_url = elasticsearch_url + "/kibana-int/dashboard"
 
json_dashboards = sys.stdin.read()
dashboards = json.loads(json_dashboards)
 
for dashboard in dashboards:
  try:
    print("Import dashboard id: %s" % dashboard["_id"])
    data = json.dumps(dashboard['_source'])
 
    url = post_dashboard_url + "/" + urllib2.quote(dashboard["_id"])
    req = urllib2.Request(url, data)
    req.add_header('Content-Length', str(len(data)))
    req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/octet-stream')
    res = urllib2.urlopen(req)
    print(res)
  except  httplib.BadStatusLine as e:
    print(e)