Grafana Versions API

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

Operations 3

POST /dashboards/uid/{uid}/restore Restore a dashboard to a given dashboard version using UID #
GET /dashboards/uid/{uid}/versions Gets all existing versions for the dashboard using UID #
GET /dashboards/uid/{uid}/versions/{DashboardVersionID} Get a specific dashboard version using UID #

Documentation

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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/authentication/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/dashboard/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/dashboard_versions/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/dashboard_permissions/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/dashboard_public/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/folder/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/folder_dashboard_search/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/folder_permissions/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/data_source/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/datasource_permissions/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/datasource_lbac_rules/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/alerting_provisioning/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/annotations/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/org/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/user/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/team/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/team_sync/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/preferences/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/access_control/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/serviceaccount/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/sso-settings/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/admin/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/licensing/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/reporting/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/query_and_resource_caching/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/library_element/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/correlations/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/snapshot/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/short_url/
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https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/query_history/

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OpenAPI Specification

grafana-com-versions-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. Versions 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: Versions
paths:
  /dashboards/uid/{uid}/restore:
    post:
      description: 'This API will be removed when /apis/dashboard.grafana.app/v1 is released.

        You can restore a dashboard by reading it from history, then creating it again.'
      tags:
      - Versions
      summary: Restore a dashboard to a given dashboard version using UID
      operationId: restoreDashboardVersionByUID
      deprecated: true
      parameters:
      - name: uid
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/postDashboardResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/badRequestError'
        '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/RestoreDashboardVersionCommand'
        required: true
  /dashboards/uid/{uid}/versions:
    get:
      tags:
      - Versions
      summary: Gets all existing versions for the dashboard using UID
      operationId: getDashboardVersionsByUID
      deprecated: true
      parameters:
      - name: uid
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - description: Maximum number of results to return
        name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          default: 0
      - description: Version to start from when returning queries
        name: start
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          default: 0
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/dashboardVersionsResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/unauthorisedError'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/forbiddenError'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/notFoundError'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/internalServerError'
  /dashboards/uid/{uid}/versions/{DashboardVersionID}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Versions
      summary: Get a specific dashboard version using UID
      operationId: getDashboardVersionByUID
      deprecated: true
      parameters:
      - name: DashboardVersionID
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
      - name: uid
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/dashboardVersionResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/unauthorisedError'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/forbiddenError'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/notFoundError'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/internalServerError'
components:
  schemas:
    RestoreDashboardVersionCommand:
      type: object
      properties:
        version:
          type: integer
          format: int64
    Json:
      type: object
    DashboardVersionMeta:
      description: 'DashboardVersionMeta extends the DashboardVersionDTO with the names

        associated with the UserIds, overriding the field with the same name from

        the DashboardVersionDTO model.'
      type: object
      properties:
        created:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        createdBy:
          type: string
        dashboardId:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Json'
        id:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        message:
          type: string
        parentVersion:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        restoredFrom:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        uid:
          type: string
        version:
          type: integer
          format: int64
    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
    DashboardVersionResponseMeta:
      type: object
      properties:
        continueToken:
          type: string
        versions:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DashboardVersionMeta'
  responses:
    dashboardVersionsResponse:
      description: (empty)
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DashboardVersionResponseMeta'
    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'
    dashboardVersionResponse:
      description: (empty)
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DashboardVersionMeta'
    badRequestError:
      description: BadRequestError is returned when the request is invalid and it cannot be processed.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponseBody'
    postDashboardResponse:
      description: (empty)
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            required:
            - status
            - title
            - version
            - id
            - uid
            - url
            properties:
              folderUid:
                description: FolderUID The unique identifier (uid) of the folder the dashboard belongs to.
                type: string
              id:
                description: ID The unique identifier (id) of the created/updated dashboard.
                type: integer
                format: int64
                example: 1
              status:
                description: Status status of the response.
                type: string
                example: success
              title:
                description: Slug The slug of the dashboard.
                type: string
                example: my-dashboard
              uid:
                description: UID The unique identifier (uid) of the created/updated dashboard.
                type: string
                example: nHz3SXiiz
              url:
                description: URL The relative URL for accessing the created/updated dashboard.
                type: string
                example: /d/nHz3SXiiz/my-dashboard
              version:
                description: Version The version of the dashboard.
                type: integer
                format: int64
                example: 2
    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