grafana/docs/sources/http_api/user.md

+++ title = "User HTTP API " description = "Grafana User HTTP API" keywords = ["grafana", "http", "documentation", "api", "user"] aliases = ["/http_api/user/"] type = "docs" [menu.docs] name = "Users" parent = "http_api" +++

User HTTP resources / actions

Search Users

GET /api/users?perpage=10&page=1

Example Request:

GET /api/users HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=

Default value for the perpage parameter is 1000 and for the page parameter is 1. Requires basic authentication and that the authenticated user is a Grafana Admin.

Example Response:

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Admin",
    "login": "admin",
    "email": "admin@mygraf.com",
    "isAdmin": true
  },
  {
    "id": 2,
    "name": "User",
    "login": "user",
    "email": "user@mygraf.com",
    "isAdmin": false
  }
]

Search Users with Paging

GET /api/users/search?perpage=10&page=1&query=mygraf

Example Request:

GET /api/users/search?perpage=10&page=1&query=mygraf HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=

Default value for the perpage parameter is 1000 and for the page parameter is 1. The totalCount field in the response can be used for pagination of the user list E.g. if totalCount is equal to 100 users and the perpage parameter is set to 10 then there are 10 pages of users. The query parameter is optional and it will return results where the query value is contained in one of the name, login or email fields. Query values with spaces need to be url encoded e.g. query=Jane%20Doe.

Requires basic authentication and that the authenticated user is a Grafana Admin.

Example Response:

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json
{
  "totalCount": 2,
  "users": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Admin",
      "login": "admin",
      "email": "admin@mygraf.com",
      "isAdmin": true
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "name": "User",
      "login": "user",
      "email": "user@mygraf.com",
      "isAdmin": false
    }
  ],
  "page": 1,
  "perPage": 10
}

Get single user by Id

GET /api/users/:id

Example Request:

GET /api/users/1 HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=

Requires basic authentication and that the authenticated user is a Grafana Admin.

Example Response:

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "email": "user@mygraf.com"
  "name": "admin",
  "login": "admin",
  "theme": "light",
  "orgId": 1,
  "isGrafanaAdmin": true
}

Get single user by Username(login) or Email

GET /api/users/lookup?loginOrEmail=user@mygraf.com

Example Request using the email as option:

GET /api/users/lookup?loginOrEmail=user@mygraf.com HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

Example Request using the username as option:

GET /api/users/lookup?loginOrEmail=admin HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=

Requires basic authentication and that the authenticated user is a Grafana Admin.

Example Response:

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "email": "user@mygraf.com",
  "name": "admin",
  "login": "admin",
  "theme": "light",
  "orgId": 1,
  "isGrafanaAdmin": true
}

User Update

PUT /api/users/:id

Example Request:

PUT /api/users/2 HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=

{
  "email":"user@mygraf.com",
  "name":"User2",
  "login":"user",
  "theme":"light"
}

Requires basic authentication and that the authenticated user is a Grafana Admin.

Example Response:

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

{"message":"User updated"}

Get Organisations for user

GET /api/users/:id/orgs

Example Request:

GET /api/users/1/orgs HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=

Requires basic authentication and that the authenticated user is a Grafana Admin.

Example Response:

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

[
  {
    "orgId":1,
    "name":"Main Org.",
    "role":"Admin"
  }
]

User

Actual User

GET /api/user

Example Request:

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

Example Response:

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "email":"admin@mygraf.com",
  "name":"Admin",
  "login":"admin",
  "theme":"light",
  "orgId":1,
  "isGrafanaAdmin":true
}

Change Password

PUT /api/user/password

Changes the password for the user

Example Request:

PUT /api/user/password HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

{
  "oldPassword": "old_password",
  "newPassword": "new_password",
  "confirmNew": "confirm_new_password"
}

Example Response:

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

{"message":"User password changed"}

Switch user context for a specified user

POST /api/users/:userId/using/:organizationId

Switch user context to the given organization. Requires basic authentication and that the authenticated user is a Grafana Admin.

Example Request:

POST /api/users/7/using/2 HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=

Example Response:

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

{"message":"Active organization changed"}

Switch user context for signed in user

POST /api/user/using/:organizationId

Switch user context to the given organization.

Example Request:

POST /api/user/using/2 HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

Example Response:

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

{"message":"Active organization changed"}

Organisations of the actual User

GET /api/user/orgs

Return a list of all organisations of the current user.

Example Request:

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

Example Response:

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

[
  {
    "orgId":1,
    "name":"Main Org.",
    "role":"Admin"
  }
]

Teams that the actual User is member of

GET /api/user/teams

Return a list of all teams that the current user is member of.

Example Request:

GET /api/user/teams 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": "MyTestTeam",
    "email": "",
    "avatarUrl": "\/avatar\/3f49c15916554246daa714b9bd0ee398",
    "memberCount": 1
  }
]

Star a dashboard

POST /api/user/stars/dashboard/:dashboardId

Stars the given Dashboard for the actual user.

Example Request:

POST /api/user/stars/dashboard/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":"Dashboard starred!"}

Unstar a dashboard

DELETE /api/user/stars/dashboard/:dashboardId

Deletes the starring of the given Dashboard for the actual user.

Example Request:

DELETE /api/user/stars/dashboard/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":"Dashboard unstarred"}