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Grafana Data Sources API

Manage data source connections

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Grafana Data Sources API is one of 78 APIs that Grafana publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Data Sources. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, a getting-started guide, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 7 operations across 4 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 4 base URLs: https://{instance}.grafana.net/api, http://localhost:3000/api, http://{defaultHost}, https://{defaultHost}.

7 operations 4 paths 4 schemas 2 DELETE3 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
http://localhost:3000/api
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, HTTP Basic, API Key, API Key, HTTP Basic
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 5

Grafana Data Sources API declares 5 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (BearerAuth). It accepts HTTP basic authentication (BasicAuth). An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (ApiKeyAuth). An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (api_key). It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basic).

  • BearerAuth — Service account token or API key
  • ApiKeyAuth — Format: Bearer

Paths & Operations 7

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 2 DELETE, 3 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Data Sources 7

Manage data source connections

GET
/datasources
List all data sources
getDataSources → 200
POST
/datasources
Create a data source
createDataSource body → 200409
GET
/datasources/{id}
Get data source by ID
getDataSourceById 1 param → 200404
PUT
/datasources/{id}
Update data source by ID
updateDataSource 1 param body → 200
DELETE
/datasources/{id}
Delete data source by ID
deleteDataSourceById 1 param → 200
GET
/datasources/uid/{uid}
Get data source by UID
getDataSourceByUid 1 param → 200
DELETE
/datasources/proxy/{id}/{datasource_proxy_route}deprecated
Grafana Datasource Proxy DELET Ecalls
datasourceProxyDELETEcalls 2 params → 202400401403404500

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are DataSource (19 properties), CreateDataSourceCommand (13 properties), ErrorResponseBody (3 properties), ErrorResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

CreateDataSourceCommand
object
13 properties 3 required
DataSource
object
19 properties
ErrorResponse
object
2 properties
ErrorResponseBody
object
3 properties 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

grafana-data-sources-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
grafana:grafana-data-sources-api
Base URL
http://localhost:3000/api
Docs
https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/
Provider
Grafana
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