Grafana Playlists API

The playlists API from Grafana — 3 operation(s) for playlists.

Operations 6

GET /playlists Get playlists #
POST /playlists Create playlist #
GET /playlists/{uid} Get playlist #
PUT /playlists/{uid} Update playlist #
DELETE /playlists/{uid} Delete playlist #
GET /playlists/{uid}/items Get playlist items #

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OpenAPI Specification

grafana-com-playlists-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: '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.'
  title: Grafana HTTP API. Playlists API
  contact:
    name: Grafana Labs
    url: https://grafana.com
    email: hello@grafana.com
  version: 0.0.1
servers:
- url: /api
security:
- basic: []
- api_key: []
tags:
- name: Playlists
paths:
  /playlists:
    get:
      description: Please refer to new API.
      tags:
      - Playlists
      summary: Get playlists
      operationId: searchPlaylists
      deprecated: true
      parameters:
      - name: query
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/searchPlaylistsResponse'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/internalServerError'
    post:
      description: Please refer to new API.
      tags:
      - Playlists
      summary: Create playlist
      operationId: createPlaylist
      deprecated: true
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/createPlaylistResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/unauthorisedError'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/forbiddenError'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/notFoundError'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/internalServerError'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreatePlaylistCommand'
        required: true
  /playlists/{uid}:
    get:
      description: Please refer to new API.
      tags:
      - Playlists
      summary: Get playlist
      operationId: getPlaylist
      deprecated: true
      parameters:
      - name: uid
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/getPlaylistResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/unauthorisedError'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/forbiddenError'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/notFoundError'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/internalServerError'
    put:
      description: Please refer to new API.
      tags:
      - Playlists
      summary: Update playlist
      operationId: updatePlaylist
      deprecated: true
      parameters:
      - name: uid
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/updatePlaylistResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/unauthorisedError'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/forbiddenError'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/notFoundError'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/internalServerError'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdatePlaylistCommand'
        required: true
    delete:
      description: Please refer to new API.
      tags:
      - Playlists
      summary: Delete playlist
      operationId: deletePlaylist
      deprecated: true
      parameters:
      - name: uid
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/okResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/unauthorisedError'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/forbiddenError'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/notFoundError'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/internalServerError'
  /playlists/{uid}/items:
    get:
      description: Please refer to new API instead (items are included in the playlist spec).
      tags:
      - Playlists
      summary: Get playlist items
      operationId: getPlaylistItems
      deprecated: true
      parameters:
      - name: uid
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/getPlaylistItemsResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/unauthorisedError'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/forbiddenError'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/notFoundError'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/internalServerError'
components:
  responses:
    updatePlaylistResponse:
      description: (empty)
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PlaylistDTO'
    unauthorisedError:
      description: UnauthorizedError is returned when the request is not authenticated.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponseBody'
    getPlaylistResponse:
      description: (empty)
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PlaylistDTO'
    internalServerError:
      description: InternalServerError is a general error indicating something went wrong internally.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponseBody'
    createPlaylistResponse:
      description: (empty)
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Playlist'
    okResponse:
      description: An OKResponse is returned if the request was successful.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SuccessResponseBody'
    forbiddenError:
      description: ForbiddenError is returned if the user/token has insufficient permissions to access the requested resource.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponseBody'
    searchPlaylistsResponse:
      description: (empty)
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Playlists'
    getPlaylistItemsResponse:
      description: (empty)
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: array
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PlaylistItemDTO'
    notFoundError:
      description: NotFoundError is returned when the requested resource was not found.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponseBody'
  schemas:
    ErrorResponseBody:
      type: object
      required:
      - message
      properties:
        error:
          description: Error An optional detailed description of the actual error. Only included if running in developer mode.
          type: string
        message:
          description: a human readable version of the error
          type: string
        status:
          description: 'Status An optional status to denote the cause of the error.


            For example, a 412 Precondition Failed error may include additional information of why that error happened.'
          type: string
    UpdatePlaylistCommand:
      type: object
      properties:
        interval:
          type: string
        items:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PlaylistItem'
        name:
          type: string
        uid:
          type: string
    PlaylistItem:
      type: object
      properties:
        Id:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        PlaylistId:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        order:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        title:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
        value:
          type: string
    CreatePlaylistCommand:
      type: object
      properties:
        interval:
          type: string
        items:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PlaylistItem'
        name:
          type: string
    PlaylistItemDTO:
      type: object
      properties:
        title:
          description: Title is an unused property -- it will be removed in the future
          type: string
        type:
          description: Type of the item.
          type: string
        value:
          description: 'Value depends on type and describes the playlist item.


            - dashboard_by_id: The value is an internal numerical identifier set by Grafana. This

            is not portable as the numerical identifier is non-deterministic between different instances.

            Will be replaced by dashboard_by_uid in the future. (deprecated)

            - dashboard_by_tag: The value is a tag which is set on any number of dashboards. All

            dashboards behind the tag will be added to the playlist.

            - dashboard_by_uid: The value is the dashboard UID'
          type: string
    Playlists:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/Playlist'
    SuccessResponseBody:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
    PlaylistDTO:
      type: object
      properties:
        interval:
          description: Interval sets the time between switching views in a playlist.
          type: string
        items:
          description: The ordered list of items that the playlist will iterate over.
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PlaylistItemDTO'
        name:
          description: Name of the playlist.
          type: string
        uid:
          description: 'Unique playlist identifier. Generated on creation, either by the

            creator of the playlist of by the application.'
          type: string
    Playlist:
      description: Playlist model
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        interval:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        uid:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    api_key:
      type: apiKey
      name: Authorization
      in: header
    basic:
      type: http
      scheme: basic