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Dashboard Permissions API

This API can be used to update/get the permissions for a dashboard.

Permissions with dashboardId=-1 are the default permissions for users with the Viewer and Editor roles. Permissions can be set for a user, a team or a role (Viewer or Editor). Permissions cannot be set for Admins - they always have access to everything.

The permission levels for the permission field:

  • 1 = View
  • 2 = Edit
  • 4 = Admin

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.

Get permissions for a dashboard

GET /api/dashboards/uid/:uid/permissions

Gets all existing permissions for the dashboard with the given uid.

Required permissions

See note in the introduction for an explanation.

ActionScope
dashboards.permissions:readdashboards:uid:*
folders:uid:*

Example request:

http 
GET /api/dashboards/uid/dHEquNzGz/permissions HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

Example Response

http 
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
Content-Length: 551

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "dashboardId": -1,
    "created": "2017-06-20T02:00:00+02:00",
    "updated": "2017-06-20T02:00:00+02:00",
    "userId": 0,
    "userLogin": "",
    "userEmail": "",
    "teamId": 0,
    "team": "",
    "role": "Viewer",
    "permission": 1,
    "permissionName": "View",
    "uid": "dHEquNzGz",
    "title": "",
    "slug": "",
    "isFolder": false,
    "url": ""
  },
  {
    "id": 2,
    "dashboardId": -1,
    "created": "2017-06-20T02:00:00+02:00",
    "updated": "2017-06-20T02:00:00+02:00",
    "userId": 0,
    "userLogin": "",
    "userEmail": "",
    "teamId": 0,
    "team": "",
    "role": "Editor",
    "permission": 2,
    "permissionName": "Edit",
    "uid": "dHEquNzGz",
    "title": "",
    "slug": "",
    "isFolder": false,
    "url": ""
  }
]

Status Codes:

  • 200 - Ok
  • 401 - Unauthorized
  • 403 - Access denied
  • 404 - Dashboard not found

Update permissions for a dashboard

POST /api/dashboards/uid/:uid/permissions

Updates permissions for a dashboard. This operation will remove existing permissions if they’re not included in the request.

Required permissions

See note in the introduction for an explanation.

ActionScope
dashboards.permissions:writedashboards:uid:*
folders:uid:*

Example request:

http 
POST /api/dashboards/uid/dHEquNzGz/permissions
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

{
  "items": [
    {
      "role": "Viewer",
      "permission": 1
    },
    {
      "role": "Editor",
      "permission": 2
    },
    {
      "teamId": 1,
      "permission": 1
    },
    {
      "userId": 11,
      "permission": 4
    }
  ]
}

JSON body schema:

  • items - The permission items to add/update. Items that are omitted from the list will be removed.

Example response:

http 
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
Content-Length: 35

{"message":"Dashboard permissions updated"}

Status Codes:

  • 200 - Ok
  • 401 - Unauthorized
  • 403 - Access denied
  • 404 - Dashboard not found

Get permissions for a dashboard by id

Warning: This API is deprecated since Grafana v9.0.0 and will be removed in a future release. Refer to the new dashboard permissions API.

GET /api/dashboards/id/:dashboardId/permissions

Gets all existing permissions for the dashboard with the given dashboardId.

Required permissions

See note in the introduction for an explanation.

ActionScope
dashboards.permissions:readdashboards:*
folders:*

Example request:

http 
GET /api/dashboards/id/1/permissions HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

Example Response

http 
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
Content-Length: 551

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "dashboardId": -1,
    "created": "2017-06-20T02:00:00+02:00",
    "updated": "2017-06-20T02:00:00+02:00",
    "userId": 0,
    "userLogin": "",
    "userEmail": "",
    "teamId": 0,
    "team": "",
    "role": "Viewer",
    "permission": 1,
    "permissionName": "View",
    "uid": "",
    "title": "",
    "slug": "",
    "isFolder": false,
    "url": ""
  },
  {
    "id": 2,
    "dashboardId": -1,
    "created": "2017-06-20T02:00:00+02:00",
    "updated": "2017-06-20T02:00:00+02:00",
    "userId": 0,
    "userLogin": "",
    "userEmail": "",
    "teamId": 0,
    "team": "",
    "role": "Editor",
    "permission": 2,
    "permissionName": "Edit",
    "uid": "",
    "title": "",
    "slug": "",
    "isFolder": false,
    "url": ""
  }
]

Status Codes:

  • 200 - Ok
  • 401 - Unauthorized
  • 403 - Access denied
  • 404 - Dashboard not found

Update permissions for a dashboard by id

Warning: This API is deprecated since Grafana v9.0.0 and will be removed in a future release. Refer to the new dashboard permissions API.

POST /api/dashboards/id/:dashboardId/permissions

Updates permissions for a dashboard. This operation will remove existing permissions if they’re not included in the request.

Required permissions

See note in the introduction for an explanation.

ActionScope
dashboards.permissions:writedashboards:*
folders:*

Example request:

http 
POST /api/dashboards/id/1/permissions
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

{
  "items": [
    {
      "role": "Viewer",
      "permission": 1
    },
    {
      "role": "Editor",
      "permission": 2
    },
    {
      "teamId": 1,
      "permission": 1
    },
    {
      "userId": 11,
      "permission": 4
    }
  ]
}

JSON body schema:

  • items - The permission items to add/update. Items that are omitted from the list will be removed.

Example response:

http 
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
Content-Length: 35

{"message":"Dashboard permissions updated"}

Status Codes:

  • 200 - Ok
  • 401 - Unauthorized
  • 403 - Access denied
  • 404 - Dashboard not found