generate empty dashboard and index-pattern SOs

genereate-so.js

/**
 * A script to generate a bunch on empty dashboard and index-pattern SOs.
 * Result of the script is written into bulk-create-api.json file.
 * Created file can be imported into a Cloud instance with any network client.
 * An example with curl:
POST https://{cloud_url}/s/{space-name}/api/saved_objects/_bulk_create?overwrite=true
Authorization: Basic {token}
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
kbn-xsrf: true

< /xxx/bulk-create-api.json
*/

const Fs = require('fs');

const startIndex = 250_000;

const indexPatterns = [...Array(50_000).keys()].map((value) => ({
  type: 'index-pattern',
  id: `my-pattern-${startIndex + value}`,
  attributes: { title: `my-${startIndex + value}-pattern-*` },
}));

const dashboards = [...Array(50_000).keys()].map((value) => ({
  type: 'dashboard',
  id: `my-dashboard-${startIndex + value}`,
  attributes: { title: `my-${startIndex + value}-dashboard-title` },
}));

const objects = [...indexPatterns, ...dashboards];

Fs.writeFileSync(`${__dirname}/bulk-create-api.json`, JSON.stringify(objects));
console.log(`Written ${objects.length} objects to ${__dirname}/bulk-create-api.json`);