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HTTP API Reference
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.
Supported HTTP APIs
- Authentication API
- Dashboard API
- Dashboard Versions API
- Dashboard Permissions API
- Folder API
- Folder Permissions API
- Folder/dashboard search API
- Data Source API
- Organization API
- Snapshot API
- Annotations API
- Playlists API
- Alerting API
- Alert Notification Channels API
- User API
- Team API
- Admin API
- Preferences API
- Other API