Grafana Recording Rules API

The recording_rules API from Grafana — 4 operation(s) for recording_rules.

Operations 8

GET /recording-rules Lists all rules in the database: active or deleted #
PUT /recording-rules Update the active status of a rule #
POST /recording-rules Create a recording rule that is then registered and started #
POST /recording-rules/test Test a recording rule #
GET /recording-rules/writer Return the prometheus remote write target #
POST /recording-rules/writer Create a remote write target #
DELETE /recording-rules/writer Delete the remote write target #
DELETE /recording-rules/{recordingRuleID} Delete removes the rule from the registry and stops it #

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OpenAPI Specification

grafana-com-recording-rules-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. Recording Rules 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: recording_rules
paths:
  /recording-rules:
    get:
      tags:
      - recording_rules
      summary: 'Lists all rules in the database: active or deleted'
      operationId: listRecordingRules
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/listRecordingRulesResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/unauthorisedError'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/forbiddenError'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/notFoundError'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/internalServerError'
    put:
      tags:
      - recording_rules
      summary: Update the active status of a rule
      operationId: updateRecordingRule
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/recordingRuleResponse'
        '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/RecordingRuleJSON'
        required: true
    post:
      tags:
      - recording_rules
      summary: Create a recording rule that is then registered and started
      operationId: createRecordingRule
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/recordingRuleResponse'
        '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/RecordingRuleJSON'
        required: true
  /recording-rules/test:
    post:
      tags:
      - recording_rules
      summary: Test a recording rule
      operationId: testCreateRecordingRule
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/okResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/unauthorisedError'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/forbiddenError'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/notFoundError'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/unprocessableEntityError'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/internalServerError'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/RecordingRuleJSON'
        required: true
  /recording-rules/writer:
    get:
      tags:
      - recording_rules
      summary: Return the prometheus remote write target
      operationId: getRecordingRuleWriteTarget
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/recordingRuleWriteTargetResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/unauthorisedError'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/forbiddenError'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/notFoundError'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/internalServerError'
    post:
      description: It returns a 422 if there is not an existing prometheus data source configured.
      tags:
      - recording_rules
      summary: Create a remote write target
      operationId: createRecordingRuleWriteTarget
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/recordingRuleWriteTargetResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/unauthorisedError'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/forbiddenError'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/notFoundError'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/unprocessableEntityError'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/internalServerError'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PrometheusRemoteWriteTargetJSON'
        required: true
    delete:
      tags:
      - recording_rules
      summary: Delete the remote write target
      operationId: deleteRecordingRuleWriteTarget
      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'
  /recording-rules/{recordingRuleID}:
    delete:
      tags:
      - recording_rules
      summary: Delete removes the rule from the registry and stops it
      operationId: deleteRecordingRule
      parameters:
      - name: recordingRuleID
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
      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'
components:
  schemas:
    PrometheusRemoteWriteTargetJSON:
      type: object
      properties:
        data_source_uid:
          type: string
        id:
          type: string
        remote_write_path:
          type: string
    RecordingRuleJSON:
      description: RecordingRuleJSON is the external representation of a recording rule
      type: object
      properties:
        active:
          type: boolean
        count:
          type: boolean
        description:
          type: string
        dest_data_source_uid:
          type: string
        id:
          type: string
        interval:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        name:
          type: string
        prom_name:
          type: string
        queries:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            additionalProperties: {}
        range:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        target_ref_id:
          type: string
    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
    SuccessResponseBody:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
  responses:
    unauthorisedError:
      description: UnauthorizedError is returned when the request is not authenticated.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponseBody'
    internalServerError:
      description: InternalServerError is a general error indicating something went wrong internally.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponseBody'
    notFoundError:
      description: NotFoundError is returned when the requested resource was not found.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponseBody'
    unprocessableEntityError:
      description: UnprocessableEntityError
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponseBody'
    listRecordingRulesResponse:
      description: (empty)
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: array
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/RecordingRuleJSON'
    recordingRuleResponse:
      description: (empty)
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/RecordingRuleJSON'
    recordingRuleWriteTargetResponse:
      description: (empty)
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PrometheusRemoteWriteTargetJSON'
    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'
  securitySchemes:
    api_key:
      type: apiKey
      name: Authorization
      in: header
    basic:
      type: http
      scheme: basic