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Enterprise
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Folder/Dashboard Search API
Search folders and dashboards
GET /api/search/
Query parameters:
- query – Search Query
- tag – List of tags to search for
- type – Type to search for,
dash-folder
ordash-db
- dashboardIds – List of dashboard id’s to search for
- folderIds – List of folder id’s to search in for dashboards
- starred – Flag indicating if only starred Dashboards should be returned
- limit – Limit the number of returned results (max 5000)
- page – Use this parameter to access hits beyond limit. Numbering starts at 1. limit param acts as page size. Only available in Grafana v6.2+.
Example request for retrieving folders and dashboards of the general folder:
http
GET /api/search?folderIds=0&query=&starred=false HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk
Example response for retrieving folders and dashboards of the general folder:
http
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json
[
{
"id": 163,
"uid": "000000163",
"title": "Folder",
"url": "/dashboards/f/000000163/folder",
"type": "dash-folder",
"tags": [],
"isStarred": false,
"uri":"db/folder" // deprecated in Grafana v5.0
},
{
"id":1,
"uid": "cIBgcSjkk",
"title":"Production Overview",
"url": "/d/cIBgcSjkk/production-overview",
"type":"dash-db",
"tags":[prod],
"isStarred":true,
"uri":"db/production-overview" // deprecated in Grafana v5.0
}
]
Example request searching for dashboards:
http
GET /api/search?query=Production%20Overview&starred=true&tag=prod HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk
Example response searching for dashboards:
http
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json
[
{
"id":1,
"uid": "cIBgcSjkk",
"title":"Production Overview",
"url": "/d/cIBgcSjkk/production-overview",
"type":"dash-db",
"tags":[prod],
"isStarred":true,
"folderId": 2,
"folderUid": "000000163",
"folderTitle": "Folder",
"folderUrl": "/dashboards/f/000000163/folder",
"uri":"db/production-overview" // deprecated in Grafana v5.0
}
]
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