Basic server side export API for saved objects

docs/api/saved-objects.asciidoc

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 include::saved-objects/update.asciidoc[]
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docs/api/saved-objects/export.asciidoc

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+[[saved-objects-api-export]]
+=== Export Objects
+
+experimental[This functionality is *experimental* and may be changed or removed completely in a future release.]
+
+The export saved object API enables you to retrieve a set of Kibana saved objects by various conditions into a newline delimited JSON format.
+
+Note: You cannot access this endpoint via the Console in Kibana.
+
+==== Request
+
+`GET /api/saved_objects/_export`
+
+==== Query Parameters
+`type` (optional)::
+  (array|string) The saved object type(s) that the export should be limited to
+`objects` (optional)::
+  (array) A list of objects to export
+
+==== Response body
+
+The response body will have a format of newline delimited JSON. The order of these objects is not guaranteed other than having dependencies defined first.
+
+==== Examples
+
+The following example attempts to export index patterns
+
+[source,js]
+--------------------------------------------------
+GET api/saved_objects/_export?type=index-patterns
+--------------------------------------------------
+// KIBANA
+
+A successful call returns a response code of `200` along with the exported objects as the response body.