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# HTTP API Reference

The Grafana backend exposes an HTTP API, the same API is used by the frontend to do everything from saving
dashboards, creating users and updating data sources.

## Supported HTTP APIs:


* [Authentication API]({{< relref "auth.md" >}})
* [Dashboard API]({{< relref "dashboard.md" >}})
* [Data Source API]({{< relref "data_source.md" >}})
* [Organisation API]({{< relref "org.md" >}})
* [User API]({{< relref "user.md" >}})
* [Admin API]({{< relref "admin.md" >}})
* [Snapshot API]({{< relref "snapshot.md" >}})
* [Preferences API]({{< relref "preferences.md" >}})
* [Other API]({{< relref "other.md" >}})