Grafana

Manage dashboards, data sources, and alerts with the Grafana HTTP API.

Detail	Value
Category	Monitoring
Base URL	https://grafana.example.com/api
Authentication	Bearer Token
Endpoints	8
Connector key	grafana

Using Grafana in a workflow

1. Go to Connections and click New Connection.
2. Pick Grafana from the marketplace.
3. Enter your credentials (see Authentication above for what's expected).
4. In a workflow, drop an API Call node and select this connection.
5. Pick the operation you need from the Operation dropdown — the full list is below.

Available endpoints

Endpoint	Summary
POST /dashboards/db	Create or update dashboard
GET /dashboards/uid/{uid}	Get dashboard by UID
GET /search	Search dashboards
GET /datasources	List data sources
POST /datasources	Create a data source
GET /alerts	List alerts
GET /folders	List folders
GET /org	Get current org

Each endpoint is documented in full below. Use the outline on the right to jump to one.

POST /dashboards/db

Create or update dashboard

Detail	Value
Operation ID	monitoring.createOrUpdateDashboard
Method	POST
Path	/dashboards/db

Parameters

No parameters.

Using this endpoint in a workflow

1. Add an API Call node to your workflow.
2. Pick your Grafana connection from the Connection dropdown.
3. In the Operation dropdown, select monitoring.createOrUpdateDashboard.
4. Fill in the parameter fields that appear. Use {{...}} to reference upstream values.

What it returns

The API Call node writes the response to the workflow context:

{
  status: 200,
  success: true,
  data: { ...response body from the API... },
  latencyMs: 142
}

Reference response fields downstream as {{nodeId.data.path}}. The exact response shape is documented on the upstream Grafana API reference.

GET /dashboards/uid/{uid}

Get dashboard by UID

Detail	Value
Operation ID	monitoring.getDashboardByUid
Method	GET
Path	/dashboards/uid/{uid}

Parameters

No parameters.

Using this endpoint in a workflow

1. Add an API Call node to your workflow.
2. Pick your Grafana connection from the Connection dropdown.
3. In the Operation dropdown, select monitoring.getDashboardByUid.
4. Fill in the parameter fields that appear. Use {{...}} to reference upstream values.

What it returns

The API Call node writes the response to the workflow context:

{
  status: 200,
  success: true,
  data: { ...response body from the API... },
  latencyMs: 142
}

Reference response fields downstream as {{nodeId.data.path}}. The exact response shape is documented on the upstream Grafana API reference.

GET /search

Search dashboards

Detail	Value
Operation ID	monitoring.searchDashboards
Method	GET
Path	/search

Parameters

No parameters.

Using this endpoint in a workflow

1. Add an API Call node to your workflow.
2. Pick your Grafana connection from the Connection dropdown.
3. In the Operation dropdown, select monitoring.searchDashboards.
4. Fill in the parameter fields that appear. Use {{...}} to reference upstream values.

What it returns

The API Call node writes the response to the workflow context:

{
  status: 200,
  success: true,
  data: { ...response body from the API... },
  latencyMs: 142
}

Reference response fields downstream as {{nodeId.data.path}}. The exact response shape is documented on the upstream Grafana API reference.

GET /datasources

List data sources

Detail	Value
Operation ID	monitoring.listDataSources
Method	GET
Path	/datasources

Parameters

No parameters.

Using this endpoint in a workflow

1. Add an API Call node to your workflow.
2. Pick your Grafana connection from the Connection dropdown.
3. In the Operation dropdown, select monitoring.listDataSources.
4. Fill in the parameter fields that appear. Use {{...}} to reference upstream values.

What it returns

The API Call node writes the response to the workflow context:

{
  status: 200,
  success: true,
  data: { ...response body from the API... },
  latencyMs: 142
}

Reference response fields downstream as {{nodeId.data.path}}. The exact response shape is documented on the upstream Grafana API reference.

POST /datasources

Create a data source

Detail	Value
Operation ID	monitoring.createDataSource
Method	POST
Path	/datasources

Parameters

No parameters.

Using this endpoint in a workflow

1. Add an API Call node to your workflow.
2. Pick your Grafana connection from the Connection dropdown.
3. In the Operation dropdown, select monitoring.createDataSource.
4. Fill in the parameter fields that appear. Use {{...}} to reference upstream values.

What it returns

The API Call node writes the response to the workflow context:

{
  status: 200,
  success: true,
  data: { ...response body from the API... },
  latencyMs: 142
}

Reference response fields downstream as {{nodeId.data.path}}. The exact response shape is documented on the upstream Grafana API reference.

GET /alerts

List alerts

Detail	Value
Operation ID	monitoring.listAlerts
Method	GET
Path	/alerts

Parameters

No parameters.

Using this endpoint in a workflow

1. Add an API Call node to your workflow.
2. Pick your Grafana connection from the Connection dropdown.
3. In the Operation dropdown, select monitoring.listAlerts.
4. Fill in the parameter fields that appear. Use {{...}} to reference upstream values.

What it returns

The API Call node writes the response to the workflow context:

{
  status: 200,
  success: true,
  data: { ...response body from the API... },
  latencyMs: 142
}

Reference response fields downstream as {{nodeId.data.path}}. The exact response shape is documented on the upstream Grafana API reference.

GET /folders

List folders

Detail	Value
Operation ID	monitoring.listFolders
Method	GET
Path	/folders

Parameters

No parameters.

Using this endpoint in a workflow

1. Add an API Call node to your workflow.
2. Pick your Grafana connection from the Connection dropdown.
3. In the Operation dropdown, select monitoring.listFolders.
4. Fill in the parameter fields that appear. Use {{...}} to reference upstream values.

What it returns

The API Call node writes the response to the workflow context:

{
  status: 200,
  success: true,
  data: { ...response body from the API... },
  latencyMs: 142
}

Reference response fields downstream as {{nodeId.data.path}}. The exact response shape is documented on the upstream Grafana API reference.

GET /org

Get current org

Detail	Value
Operation ID	monitoring.getCurrentOrg
Method	GET
Path	/org

Parameters

No parameters.

Using this endpoint in a workflow

1. Add an API Call node to your workflow.
2. Pick your Grafana connection from the Connection dropdown.
3. In the Operation dropdown, select monitoring.getCurrentOrg.
4. Fill in the parameter fields that appear. Use {{...}} to reference upstream values.

What it returns

The API Call node writes the response to the workflow context:

{
  status: 200,
  success: true,
  data: { ...response body from the API... },
  latencyMs: 142
}

Reference response fields downstream as {{nodeId.data.path}}. The exact response shape is documented on the upstream Grafana API reference.