Grafana Description API

The Description API from Grafana — 1 operation(s) for description.

Operations 1

GET /access-control/{resource}/description Grafana Get Resource Description #

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OpenAPI Specification

grafana-description-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Grafana Description API
  description: 'Grafana is an open-source analytics and visualization platform that helps you monitor and analyze data from various sources. It lets you create customizable dashboards with charts, graphs, and alerts to visualize metrics and logs in real-time. Commonly used for monitoring infrastructure, applications, and business metrics, Grafana connects to dozens of data sources like Prometheus, Elasticsearch, and cloud platforms, making it easier to understand system performance, troubleshoot issues, and track key indicators all in one place. '
  contact:
    name: Grafana Labs
    url: https://grafana.com
    email: hello@grafana.com
  version: 0.0.1
servers:
- url: http://{defaultHost}
  variables:
    defaultHost:
      default: www.example.com/api
- url: https://{defaultHost}
  variables:
    defaultHost:
      default: www.example.com/api
security:
- basic: []
- api_key: []
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:
    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
    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.'
  securitySchemes:
    api_key:
      type: apiKey
      name: Authorization
      in: header
    basic:
      type: http
      scheme: basic