Grafana Description API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Grafana HTTP Access Description API
  description: The Grafana HTTP API provides programmatic access to Grafana's core functionality including dashboards, data sources, alerts, users, organizations, folders, annotations, and teams. Authentication is handled via API keys, basic auth, or OAuth tokens passed in the Authorization header.
  version: 11.0.0
  contact:
    name: Grafana Labs
    url: https://grafana.com
  license:
    name: AGPL-3.0
    url: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html
servers:
- url: https://{instance}.grafana.net/api
  description: Grafana Cloud
  variables:
    instance:
      default: your-instance
- url: http://localhost:3000/api
  description: Local Grafana instance
security:
- BearerAuth: []
- BasicAuth: []
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Description
paths:
  /access-control/{resource}/description:
    parameters: []
    get:
      tags:
      - Description
      summary: Grafana Get Resource Description
      description: This API operation retrieves the description of a specific access control resource in Grafana. By making a GET request to the endpoint with a resource identifier, it returns detailed information about what that particular resource represents within Grafana's role-based access control (RBAC) system. This is useful for understanding the purpose and context of different protected resources when managing permissions and access policies, allowing administrators to view human-readable descriptions of resources before assigning or modifying access controls.
      operationId: getResourceDescription
      parameters:
      - name: resource
        in: path
        description: ''
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: (empty)
          headers: {}
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Description'
        '403':
          description: ForbiddenError is returned if the user/token has insufficient permissions to access the requested resource.
          headers: {}
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponseBody'
        '500':
          description: InternalServerError is a general error indicating something went wrong internally.
          headers: {}
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponseBody'
      deprecated: false
      x-api-evangelist-processing:
        SplitPascalCaseOperationSummaries: true
        CaselCaseOperationIds: true
        WriteDescription: true
        ChooseTags: true
components:
  schemas:
    ErrorResponseBody:
      title: ErrorResponseBody
      required:
      - message
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Error An optional detailed description of the actual error. Only included if running in developer mode.
        message:
          type: string
          description: a human readable version of the error
        status:
          type: string
          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.'
    Description:
      title: Description
      type: object
      properties:
        assignments:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Assignments'
        permissions:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: ''
    Assignments:
      title: Assignments
      type: object
      properties:
        builtInRoles:
          type: boolean
        serviceAccounts:
          type: boolean
        teams:
          type: boolean
        users:
          type: boolean
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Service account token or API key
    BasicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: 'Format: Bearer <api-key>'