grafana/docs/sources/http_api/data_source.md

+++ title = "Data source HTTP API " description = "Grafana Data source HTTP API" keywords = ["grafana", "http", "documentation", "api", "data source"] aliases = ["/http_api/datasource/"] type = "docs" [menu.docs] name = "Data source" parent = "http_api" +++

Data source API

Get all datasources

GET /api/datasources

Example Request:

GET /api/datasources HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

Example Response:

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

[
  {
    "id":1,
    "orgId":1,
    "name":"datasource_elastic",
    "type":"elasticsearch",
    "access":"proxy",
    "url":"http://mydatasource.com",
    "password":"",
    "user":"",
    "database":"grafana-dash",
    "basicAuth":false,
    "basicAuthUser":"",
    "basicAuthPassword":"",
    "isDefault":false,
    "jsonData":null
  }
]

Get a single data sources by Id

GET /api/datasources/:datasourceId

Example Request:

GET /api/datasources/1 HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

Example Response:

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "id":1,
  "orgId":1,
  "name":"test_datasource",
  "type":"graphite",
  "access":"proxy",
  "url":"http://mydatasource.com",
  "password":"",
  "user":"",
  "database":"",
  "basicAuth":false,
  "basicAuthUser":"",
  "basicAuthPassword":"",
  "isDefault":false,
  "jsonData":null
}

Get a single data source by Name

GET /api/datasources/name/:name

Example Request:

GET /api/datasources/name/test_datasource HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

Example Response:

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "id":1,
  "orgId":1,
  "name":"test_datasource",
  "type":"graphite",
  "access":"proxy",
  "url":"http://mydatasource.com",
  "password":"",
  "user":"",
  "database":"",
  "basicAuth":false,
  "basicAuthUser":"",
  "basicAuthPassword":"",
  "isDefault":false,
  "jsonData":null
}

Get data source Id by Name

GET /api/datasources/id/:name

Example Request:

GET /api/datasources/id/test_datasource HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

Example Response:

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "id":1
}

Create data source

POST /api/datasources

Example Graphite Request:

POST /api/datasources HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

{
  "name":"test_datasource",
  "type":"graphite",
  "url":"http://mydatasource.com",
  "access":"proxy",
  "basicAuth":false
}

Example CloudWatch Request:

POST /api/datasources HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

{
  "name": "test_datasource",
  "type": "cloudwatch",
  "url": "http://monitoring.us-west-1.amazonaws.com",
  "access": "proxy",
  "jsonData": {
    "authType": "keys",
    "defaultRegion": "us-west-1"
  },
  "secureJsonData": {
    "accessKey": "Ol4pIDpeKSA6XikgOl4p", //should not be encoded
    "secretKey": "dGVzdCBrZXkgYmxlYXNlIGRvbid0IHN0ZWFs" //should be Base-64 encoded
  }
}

Example Response:

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

{"id":1,"message":"Datasource added", "name": "test_datasource"}

Update an existing data source

PUT /api/datasources/:datasourceId

Example Request:

PUT /api/datasources/1 HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

{
  "id":1,
  "orgId":1,
  "name":"test_datasource",
  "type":"graphite",
  "access":"proxy",
  "url":"http://mydatasource.com",
  "password":"",
  "user":"",
  "database":"",
  "basicAuth":true,
  "basicAuthUser":"basicuser",
  "basicAuthPassword":"basicuser",
  "isDefault":false,
  "jsonData":null
}

Example Response:

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

{"message":"Datasource updated", "id": 1, "name": "test_datasource"}

Delete an existing data source by id

DELETE /api/datasources/:datasourceId

Example Request:

DELETE /api/datasources/1 HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

Example Response:

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

{"message":"Data source deleted"}

Delete an existing data source by name

DELETE /api/datasources/name/:datasourceName

Example Request:

DELETE /api/datasources/name/test_datasource HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

Example Response:

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

{"message":"Data source deleted"}

Data source proxy calls

GET /api/datasources/proxy/:datasourceId/*

Proxies all calls to the actual datasource.