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Grafana REST API

Query, visualize, and alert on metrics and logs

Grafana is an open-source analytics and interactive visualization platform. Developers use the Grafana REST API to programmatically manage dashboards, data sources, alerts, and organizations, enabling automated monitoring infrastructure deployment and configuration as code workflows.

Base URL https://your-grafana-instance.com/api

API Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	`/dashboards/uid/:uid`	Get a dashboard by its unique identifier
POST	`/dashboards/db`	Create or update a dashboard in the database
DELETE	`/dashboards/uid/:uid`	Delete a dashboard by UID
GET	`/datasources`	Get all configured data sources
POST	`/datasources`	Create a new data source
PUT	`/datasources/:id`	Update an existing data source by ID
DELETE	`/datasources/:id`	Delete a data source by ID
GET	`/alerts`	Get all alerts
GET	`/alert-notifications`	Get all notification channels
POST	`/alert-notifications`	Create a new alert notification channel
GET	`/org/users`	Get users in the current organization
POST	`/org/users`	Add a user to the current organization
GET	`/folders`	Get all folders in the organization
POST	`/folders`	Create a new folder
GET	`/search`	Search for dashboards and folders

Code Examples

curl -X GET 'https://your-grafana-instance.com/api/dashboards/uid/cIBgcSjkk' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer glsa_HOruNAb7SOiCdshU9algkdIloRHXeGFi7'

const response = await fetch('https://your-grafana-instance.com/api/dashboards/uid/cIBgcSjkk', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer glsa_HOruNAb7SOiCdshU9algkdIloRHXeGFi7',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  }
});

const dashboard = await response.json();
console.log(dashboard);

import requests

url = 'https://your-grafana-instance.com/api/dashboards/uid/cIBgcSjkk'
headers = {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer glsa_HOruNAb7SOiCdshU9algkdIloRHXeGFi7',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
dashboard = response.json()
print(dashboard)

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create_grafana_dashboard Create or update a Grafana dashboard with panels, queries, and visualizations based on natural language requirements

query_grafana_metrics Query metrics from configured data sources and return time-series data for analysis

manage_alert_rules Create, update, or delete alert rules with conditions and notification channels

configure_data_source Add or update data source configurations for Prometheus, Elasticsearch, or other supported backends

search_dashboards Search for dashboards by name, tag, or folder and retrieve their configuration

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