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Grafana Folders API

Dashboard folder management

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Grafana Folders 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 Folders. 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 11 operations across 6 paths, and defines 14 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}.

11 operations 6 paths 14 schemas 1 DELETE5 GET3 POST2 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 Folders 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 11

Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 11 operations — 1 DELETE, 5 GET, 3 POST, 2 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Folders 11

Dashboard folder management

GET
/folders
List all folders
getFolders 2 params → 200
POST
/folders
Create a folder
createFolder body → 200
GET
/folders/{uid}
Get folder by UID
getFolderByUid 1 param → 200
PUT
/folders/{uid}
Update folder
updateFolder 1 param body → 200
DELETE
/folders/{uid}
Delete folder
deleteFolder 1 param → 200
GET
/folders/id/{folder_id}deprecated
Grafana Get Folder By ID
getFolderByID 1 param → 200401403404500
GET
/folders/{folder_uid}
Grafana Get Folder By UID
getFolderByUID 1 param → 200401403404500
PUT
/folders/{folder_uid}
Grafana Update Folder
updateFolder 1 param body → 200400401403404409500
POST
/folders/{folder_uid}/move
Grafana Move Folder
moveFolder 1 param body → 200401403404500
GET
/folders/{folder_uid}/permissions
Grafana Get Folder Permission List
getFolderPermissionList 1 param → 200401403404500
POST
/folders/{folder_uid}/permissions
Grafana Update Folder Permissions
updateFolderPermissions 1 param body → 200401403404500

Schemas 14

The contract defines 14 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are DashboardACLInfoDTO (24 properties), Folder_2 (19 properties), Folder (15 properties), FolderSearchHit (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

UpdateFolderCommand
object
2 properties 1 required
Folder
object
15 properties
CreateFolderCommand
object
3 properties 1 required
Role
string
DashboardACLUpdateItem
object
4 properties
DashboardACLInfoDTO
object
24 properties
UpdateDashboardACLCommand
object
1 property
MoveFolderCommand
object
MoveFolderCommand captures the information required by the folder service to move a folder.
1 property
UpdateFolderCommand_2
object
UpdateFolderCommand captures the information required by the folder service to update a folder. Use Move to update a folder's parent folder.
4 properties
ErrorResponseBody
object
3 properties 1 required
FolderSearchHit
object
5 properties
permission1
string
SuccessResponseBody
object
1 property
Folder_2
object
19 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

grafana-folders-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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