The Metrics API from Grafana — 1 operation(s) for metrics.
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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Grafana Metrics 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: Metrics
paths:
/ds/query:
parameters: []
post:
tags:
- Metrics
summary: Grafana Query Metrics With Expressions
description: This API operation enables querying of metrics data in Grafana using the datasource query endpoint, supporting advanced query expressions and transformations. It accepts POST requests at the /ds/query endpoint and allows users to execute complex queries against configured data sources, combining multiple queries with mathematical expressions, statistical functions, and data transformations to derive meaningful insights from time-series data. The operation supports various datasource types and returns formatted query results that can be visualized in Grafana dashboards, making it essential for creating dynamic panels with calculated metrics, aggregations, and custom data manipulations.
operationId: queryMetricsWithExpressions
parameters: []
requestBody:
description: ''
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/MetricRequest'
required: true
responses:
'200':
description: (empty)
headers: {}
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/QueryDataResponsecontainstheresultsfromaQueryDataRequest.'
'207':
description: (empty)
headers: {}
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/QueryDataResponsecontainstheresultsfromaQueryDataRequest.'
'400':
description: BadRequestError is returned when the request is invalid and it cannot be processed.
headers: {}
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponseBody'
'401':
description: UnauthorizedError is returned when the request is not authenticated.
headers: {}
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponseBody'
'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:
FrameMetamatches:
title: FrameMetamatches
type: object
properties:
channel:
type: string
description: Channel is the path to a stream in grafana live that has real-time updates for this data.
custom:
description: Custom datasource specific values.
dataTopic:
type: string
description: nolint:revive
executedQueryString:
type: string
description: 'ExecutedQueryString is the raw query sent to the underlying system. All macros and templating
have been applied. When metadata contains this value, it will be shown in the query inspector.'
notices:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/NoticeprovidesastructureforpresentingnotificationsinGrafanasuserinterface.'
description: 'Notices provide additional information about the data in the Frame that
Grafana can display to the user in the user interface.'
path:
type: string
description: Path is a browsable path on the datasource.
pathSeparator:
type: string
description: PathSeparator defines the separator pattern to decode a hierarchy. The default separator is '/'.
preferredVisualisationPluginId:
type: string
description: 'PreferredVisualizationPluginId sets the panel plugin id to use to render the data when using Explore. If
the plugin cannot be found will fall back to PreferredVisualization.'
preferredVisualisationType:
type: string
stats:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/QueryStatisusedforstoringarbitrarystatisticsmetadatarelatedtoaqueryanditsresulte.g.totalrequesttimedataprocessingtime.'
description: Stats is an array of query result statistics.
type:
type: string
description: 'A FrameType string, when present in a frame''s metadata, asserts that the
frame''s structure conforms to the FrameType''s specification.
This property is currently optional, so FrameType may be FrameTypeUnknown even if the properties of
the Frame correspond to a defined FrameType.
+enum'
typeVersion:
type: array
items:
type: integer
contentEncoding: int32
description: ''
uniqueRowIdFields:
type: array
items:
type: integer
contentEncoding: int64
description: 'Array of field indices which values create a unique id for each row. Ideally this should be globally unique ID
but that isn''t guarantied. Should help with keeping track and deduplicating rows in visualizations, especially
with streaming data with frequent updates.'
description: 'https://github.com/grafana/grafana/blob/master/packages/grafana-data/src/types/data.ts#L11
NOTE -- in javascript this can accept any `[key: string]: any;` however
this interface only exposes the values we want to be exposed'
NoticeprovidesastructureforpresentingnotificationsinGrafanasuserinterface.:
title: NoticeprovidesastructureforpresentingnotificationsinGrafanasuserinterface.
type: object
properties:
inspect:
type: integer
contentEncoding: int64
link:
type: string
description: 'Link is an optional link for display in the user interface and can be an
absolute URL or a path relative to Grafana''s root url.'
severity:
type: integer
contentEncoding: int64
text:
type: string
description: Text is freeform descriptive text for the notice.
FieldTypeConfig:
title: FieldTypeConfig
type: object
properties:
enum:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnumFieldConfig'
- description: 'Enum field config
Vector values are used as lookup keys into the enum fields'
description: FieldTypeConfig has type specific configs, only one should be active at a time
Threshold:
title: Threshold
type: object
properties:
color:
type: string
state:
type: string
value:
type: number
description: 'ConfFloat64 is a float64. It Marshals float64 values of NaN of Inf
to null.'
description: Threshold a single step on the threshold list
QueryDataResponsecontainstheresultsfromaQueryDataRequest.:
title: QueryDataResponsecontainstheresultsfromaQueryDataRequest.
type: object
properties:
results:
type: object
additionalProperties:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/DataResponsecontainstheresultsfromaDataQuery.'
description: 'The QueryData method the QueryDataHandler method will set the RefId
property on the DataResponses'' frames based on these RefIDs.'
description: It is the return type of a QueryData call.
InternalDataLink:
title: InternalDataLink
type: object
properties:
datasourceName:
type: string
datasourceUid:
type: string
panelsState:
description: This is an object constructed with the keys as the values of the enum VisType and the value being a bag of properties
query: {}
timeRange:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/TimeRange'
- description: Redefining this to avoid an import cycle
transformations:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/LinkTransformationConfig'
description: ''
description: InternalDataLink definition to allow Explore links to be constructed in the backend
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.'
LinkTransformationConfig:
title: LinkTransformationConfig
type: object
properties:
expression:
type: string
field:
type: string
mapValue:
type: string
type:
type: string
FieldrepresentsatypedcolumnofdatawithinaFrame.:
title: FieldrepresentsatypedcolumnofdatawithinaFrame.
type: object
properties:
config:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/FieldConfigrepresentsthedisplaypropertiesforaField.'
labels:
type: object
additionalProperties:
type: string
description: Labels are used to add metadata to an object. The JSON will always be sorted keys
name:
type: string
description: 'Name is default identifier of the field. The name does not have to be unique, but the combination
of name and Labels should be unique for proper behavior in all situations.'
description: 'A Field is essentially a slice of various types with extra properties and methods.
See NewField() for supported types.
The slice data in the Field is a not exported, so methods on the Field are used to to manipulate its data.'
DataLink:
title: DataLink
type: object
properties:
internal:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalDataLink'
- description: InternalDataLink definition to allow Explore links to be constructed in the backend
targetBlank:
type: boolean
title:
type: string
url:
type: string
description: DataLink define what
FieldConfigrepresentsthedisplaypropertiesforaField.:
title: FieldConfigrepresentsthedisplaypropertiesforaField.
type: object
properties:
color:
type: object
additionalProperties: {}
description: 'Map values to a display color
NOTE: this interface is under development in the frontend... so simple map for now'
custom:
type: object
additionalProperties: {}
description: Panel Specific Values
decimals:
type: integer
contentEncoding: int32
description:
type: string
description: Description is human readable field metadata
displayName:
type: string
description: DisplayName overrides Grafana default naming, should not be used from a data source
displayNameFromDS:
type: string
description: DisplayNameFromDS overrides Grafana default naming strategy.
filterable:
type: boolean
description: Filterable indicates if the Field's data can be filtered by additional calls.
interval:
type: number
description: 'Interval indicates the expected regular step between values in the series.
When an interval exists, consumers can identify "missing" values when the expected value is not present.
The grafana timeseries visualization will render disconnected values when missing values are found it the time field.
The interval uses the same units as the values. For time.Time, this is defined in milliseconds.'
links:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/DataLink'
description: The behavior when clicking on a result
mappings:
type: array
items:
type: object
description: ''
max:
type: number
description: 'ConfFloat64 is a float64. It Marshals float64 values of NaN of Inf
to null.'
min:
type: number
description: 'ConfFloat64 is a float64. It Marshals float64 values of NaN of Inf
to null.'
noValue:
type: string
description: Alternative to empty string
path:
type: string
description: 'Path is an explicit path to the field in the datasource. When the frame meta includes a path,
this will default to `${frame.meta.path}/${field.name}
When defined, this value can be used as an identifier within the datasource scope, and
may be used as an identifier to update values in a subsequent request'
thresholds:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThresholdsConfig'
- description: ThresholdsConfig setup thresholds
type:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/FieldTypeConfig'
- description: FieldTypeConfig has type specific configs, only one should be active at a time
unit:
type: string
description: Numeric Options
writeable:
type: boolean
description: Writeable indicates that the datasource knows how to update this value
FrameisacolumnardatastructurewhereeachcolumnisaField.:
title: FrameisacolumnardatastructurewhereeachcolumnisaField.
type: object
properties:
Fields:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/FieldrepresentsatypedcolumnofdatawithinaFrame.'
description: 'Fields are the columns of a frame.
All Fields must be of the same the length when marshalling the Frame for transmission.
There should be no `nil` entries in the Fields slice (making them pointers was a mistake).'
Meta:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/FrameMetamatches'
- description: 'https://github.com/grafana/grafana/blob/master/packages/grafana-data/src/types/data.ts#L11
NOTE -- in javascript this can accept any `[key: string]: any;` however
this interface only exposes the values we want to be exposed'
Name:
type: string
description: Name is used in some Grafana visualizations.
RefID:
type: string
description: RefID is a property that can be set to match a Frame to its originating query.
description: 'Each Field is well typed by its FieldType and supports optional Labels.
A Frame is a general data container for Grafana. A Frame can be table data
or time series data depending on its content and field types.'
MetricRequest:
title: MetricRequest
required:
- from
- queries
- to
type: object
properties:
debug:
type: boolean
from:
type: string
description: From Start time in epoch timestamps in milliseconds or relative using Grafana time units.
examples:
- now-1h
queries:
type: array
items:
type: object
description: 'queries.refId – Specifies an identifier of the query. Is optional and default to “A”.
queries.datasourceId – Specifies the data source to be queried. Each query in the request must have an unique datasourceId.
queries.maxDataPoints - Species maximum amount of data points that dashboard panel can render. Is optional and default to 100.
queries.intervalMs - Specifies the time interval in milliseconds of time series. Is optional and defaults to 1000.'
examples:
- - datasource:
uid: PD8C576611E62080A
format: table
intervalMs: 86400000
maxDataPoints: 1092
rawSql: SELECT 1 as valueOne, 2 as valueTwo
refId: A
to:
type: string
description: To End time in epoch timestamps in milliseconds or relative using Grafana time units.
examples:
- now
TimeRange:
title: TimeRange
type: object
properties:
from:
type: string
contentEncoding: date-time
to:
type: string
contentEncoding: date-time
description: Redefining this to avoid an import cycle
QueryStatisusedforstoringarbitrarystatisticsmetadatarelatedtoaqueryanditsresulte.g.totalrequesttimedataprocessingtime.:
title: QueryStatisusedforstoringarbitrarystatisticsmetadatarelatedtoaqueryanditsresulte.g.totalrequesttimedataprocessingtime.
type: object
properties:
color:
type: object
additionalProperties: {}
description: 'Map values to a display color
NOTE: this interface is under development in the frontend... so simple map for now'
custom:
type: object
additionalProperties: {}
description: Panel Specific Values
decimals:
type: integer
contentEncoding: int32
description:
type: string
description: Description is human readable field metadata
displayName:
type: string
description: DisplayName overrides Grafana default naming, should not be used from a data source
displayNameFromDS:
type: string
description: DisplayNameFromDS overrides Grafana default naming strategy.
filterable:
type: boolean
description: Filterable indicates if the Field's data can be filtered by additional calls.
interval:
type: number
description: 'Interval indicates the expected regular step between values in the series.
When an interval exists, consumers can identify "missing" values when the expected value is not present.
The grafana timeseries visualization will render disconnected values when missing values are found it the time field.
The interval uses the same units as the values. For time.Time, this is defined in milliseconds.'
links:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/DataLink'
description: The behavior when clicking on a result
mappings:
type: array
items:
type: object
description: ''
max:
type: number
description: 'ConfFloat64 is a float64. It Marshals float64 values of NaN of Inf
to null.'
min:
type: number
description: 'ConfFloat64 is a float64. It Marshals float64 values of NaN of Inf
to null.'
noValue:
type: string
description: Alternative to empty string
path:
type: string
description: 'Path is an explicit path to the field in the datasource. When the frame meta includes a path,
this will default to `${frame.meta.path}/${field.name}
When defined, this value can be used as an identifier within the datasource scope, and
may be used as an identifier to update values in a subsequent request'
thresholds:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThresholdsConfig'
- description: ThresholdsConfig setup thresholds
type:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/FieldTypeConfig'
- description: FieldTypeConfig has type specific configs, only one should be active at a time
unit:
type: string
description: Numeric Options
value:
type: number
writeable:
type: boolean
description: Writeable indicates that the datasource knows how to update this value
description: 'The embedded FieldConfig''s display name must be set.
It corresponds to the QueryResultMetaStat on the frontend (https://github.com/grafana/grafana/blob/master/packages/grafana-data/src/types/data.ts#L53).'
DataResponsecontainstheresultsfromaDataQuery.:
title: DataResponsecontainstheresultsfromaDataQuery.
type: object
properties:
Error:
type: string
description: Error is a property to be set if the corresponding DataQuery has an error.
ErrorSource:
type: string
Frames:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/FrameisacolumnardatastructurewhereeachcolumnisaField.'
description: 'It is the main data container within a backend.DataResponse.
There should be no `nil` entries in the Frames slice (making them pointers was a mistake).'
Status:
type: integer
contentEncoding: int64
description: 'A map of RefIDs (unique query identifiers) to this type makes up the Responses property of a QueryDataResponse.
The Error property is used to allow for partial success responses from the containing QueryDataResponse.'
EnumFieldConfig:
title: EnumFieldConfig
type: object
properties:
color:
type: array
items:
type: string
description: Color is the color value for a given index (empty is undefined)
description:
type: array
items:
type: string
description: Description of the enum state
icon:
type: array
items:
type: string
description: Icon supports setting an icon for a given index value
text:
type: array
items:
type: string
description: Value is the string display value for a given index
description: 'Enum field config
Vector values are used as lookup keys into the enum fields'
ThresholdsConfig:
title: ThresholdsConfig
type: object
properties:
mode:
type: string
description: ThresholdsMode absolute or percentage
steps:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Threshold'
description: Must be sorted by 'value', first value is always -Infinity
description: ThresholdsConfig setup thresholds
securitySchemes:
api_key:
type: apiKey
name: Authorization
in: header
basic:
type: http
scheme: basic