grafana/docs/sources/http_api/folder_dashboard_search.md

+++ title = "Folder/Dashboard Search HTTP API " description = "Grafana Folder/Dashboard Search HTTP API" keywords = ["grafana", "http", "documentation", "api", "search", "folder", "dashboard"] aliases = ["/docs/grafana/latest/http_api/folder_dashboard_search/"] +++

Folder/Dashboard Search API

Search folders and dashboards

GET /api/search/

Query parameters:

• query – Search Query
• tag – List of tags to search for
• type – Type to search for, dash-folder or dash-db
• dashboardIds – List of dashboard id's to search for
• folderIds – List of folder id's to search in for dashboards
• starred – Flag indicating if only starred Dashboards should be returned
• limit – Limit the number of returned results (max 5000)
• page – Use this parameter to access hits beyond limit. Numbering starts at 1. limit param acts as page size. Only available in Grafana v6.2+.

Example request for retrieving folders and dashboards of the general folder:

GET /api/search?folderIds=0&query=&starred=false HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

Example response for retrieving folders and dashboards of the general folder:

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

[
  {
    "id": 163,
    "uid": "000000163",
    "title": "Folder",
    "url": "/dashboards/f/000000163/folder",
    "type": "dash-folder",
    "tags": [],
    "isStarred": false,
    "uri":"db/folder" // deprecated in Grafana v5.0
  },
  {
    "id":1,
    "uid": "cIBgcSjkk",
    "title":"Production Overview",
    "url": "/d/cIBgcSjkk/production-overview",
    "type":"dash-db",
    "tags":[prod],
    "isStarred":true,
    "uri":"db/production-overview" // deprecated in Grafana v5.0
  }
]

Example request searching for dashboards:

GET /api/search?query=Production%20Overview&starred=true&tag=prod HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

Example response searching for dashboards:

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

[
  {
    "id":1,
    "uid": "cIBgcSjkk",
    "title":"Production Overview",
    "url": "/d/cIBgcSjkk/production-overview",
    "type":"dash-db",
    "tags":[prod],
    "isStarred":true,
    "folderId": 2,
    "folderUid": "000000163",
    "folderTitle": "Folder",
    "folderUrl": "/dashboards/f/000000163/folder",
    "uri":"db/production-overview" // deprecated in Grafana v5.0
  }
]