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Query and resource caching API

Caution

Starting in Grafana 13, /api endpoints are being deprecated. This change doesn’t disrupt or break your current setup: legacy APIs are not being disabled and remain fully accessible and operative. However, /api routes will no longer be updated and will be removed in a future major release.

To learn more refer to the new API structure in Grafana.

Note

If you are running Grafana Enterprise, for some endpoints you’ll need to have specific permissions. Refer to Role-based access control permissions for more information.

Enable caching for a data source

POST /api/datasources/:dataSourceUID/cache/enable

Required permissions

See note in the introduction for an explanation.

ActionScope
datasources.caching:writedatasources:*

Examples

Example Request:

http 
POST /api/datasources/jZrmlLCGka/cache/enable HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

Example Response:

http 
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

{
   "message": "Data source cache enabled",
   "dataSourceID": 1,
   "dataSourceUID": "jZrmlLCGka",
   "enabled": true,
   "ttlQueriesMs": 300000,
   "ttlResourcesMs": 300000,
   "useDefaultTTL": true,
   "defaultTTLMs": 300000,
   "created": "2023-04-21T11:49:22-04:00",
   "updated": "2023-04-24T16:30:29-04:00"
}

Status codes

CodeDescription
200Cache was successfully enabled for the data source
500Unexpected error. Refer to the body and/or server logs for more details.

Disable caching for a data source

POST /api/datasources/:dataSourceUID/cache/disable

Required permissions

See note in the introduction for an explanation.

ActionScope
datasources.caching:writedatasources:*

Examples

Example Request:

http 
POST /api/datasources/jZrmlLCGka/cache/disable HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

Example Response:

http 
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

{
   "message": "Data source cache disabled",
   "dataSourceID": 1,
   "dataSourceUID": "jZrmlLCGka",
   "enabled": false,
   "ttlQueriesMs": 300000,
   "ttlResourcesMs": 300000,
   "useDefaultTTL": true,
   "defaultTTLMs": 0,
   "created": "2023-04-21T11:49:22-04:00",
   "updated": "2023-04-24T16:30:31-04:00"
}

Status codes

CodeDescription
200Cache was successfully enabled for the data source
500Unexpected error. Refer to the body and/or server logs for more details.

Clean cache for all data sources

POST /api/datasources/:dataSourceUID/cache/clean

Will clean cached data for all data sources with caching enabled. The dataSourceUID specified will only be used to return the configuration for that data source.

Required permissions

See note in the introduction for an explanation.

ActionScope
datasources.caching:writedatasources:*

Examples

Example Request:

http 
POST /api/datasources/jZrmlLCGka/cache/clean HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

Example Response:

http 
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

{
   "message": "Data source cache cleaned",
   "dataSourceID": 1,
   "dataSourceUID": "jZrmlLCGka",
   "enabled": false,
   "ttlQueriesMs": 300000,
   "ttlResourcesMs": 300000,
   "useDefaultTTL": true,
   "defaultTTLMs": 0,
   "created": "2023-04-21T11:49:22-04:00",
   "updated": "2023-04-24T16:30:31-04:00"
}

Status codes

CodeDescription
200Cache was successfully enabled for the data source
500Unexpected error. Refer to the body and/or server logs for more details.

Update cache configuration for a data source

POST /api/datasources/:dataSourceUID/cache

Required permissions

See note in the introduction for an explanation.

ActionScope
datasources.caching:writedatasources:*

Examples

Example Request:

http 
POST /api/datasources/jZrmlLCGka/cache HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

{
   "dataSourceID": 1,
   "dataSourceUID": "jZrmlLCGka",
   "enabled": true,
   "useDefaultTTL": false,
   "ttlQueriesMs": 60000,
   "ttlResourcesMs": 300000,
}

JSON Body Schema

Field nameData typeDescription
dataSourceIDnumberThe ID of the data source to configure.
dataSourceUIDstringThe UID of the data source to configure.
enabledbooleanWhether or not to enable caching for this data source.
useDefaultTTLbooleanWhether the configured default TTL (Time-To-Live) should be used for both query and resource caching, instead of the user-specified values.
ttlQueriesMsnumberThe TTL to use for query caching, in milliseconds.
ttlResourcesMsnumberThe TTL to use for resource caching, in milliseconds.

Example Response:

http 
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

{
   "message": "Data source cache settings updated",
   "dataSourceID": 1,
   "dataSourceUID": "jZrmlLCGka",
   "enabled": true,
   "useDefaultTTL": false,
   "ttlQueriesMs": 60000,
   "ttlResourcesMs": 300000,
   "defaultTTLMs": 300000,
   "created": "2023-04-21T11:49:22-04:00",
   "updated": "2023-04-24T17:03:40-04:00"
}

Status codes

CodeDescription
200Cache was successfully enabled for the data source
400Request errors (invalid json, missing or invalid fields, etc)
500Unexpected error. Refer to the body and/or server logs for more details.

Get cache configuration for a data source

GET /api/datasources/:dataSourceUID/cache

Required permissions

See note in the introduction for an explanation.

ActionScope
datasources.caching:readdatasources:*

Examples

Example Request:

http 
GET /api/datasources/jZrmlLCGka/cache HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

Example Response:

http 
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

{
   "message": "Data source cache settings loaded",
   "dataSourceID": 1,
   "dataSourceUID": "jZrmlLCGka",
   "enabled": true,
   "useDefaultTTL": false,
   "ttlQueriesMs": 60000,
   "ttlResourcesMs": 300000,
   "defaultTTLMs": 300000,
   "created": "2023-04-21T11:49:22-04:00",
   "updated": "2023-04-24T17:03:40-04:00"
}

Status codes

CodeDescription
200Cache was successfully enabled for the data source
500Unexpected error. Refer to the body and/or server logs for more details.