User API
The Users HTTP API does not currently work with an API Token. API Tokens are linked to an organization and an organization role. They cannot be given the permission of server users access, only users can be given that permission. To use these API calls you can use Basic Auth and the Grafana user must have the Grafana Admin role.
API Tokens can be used with Organization HTTP API to get users of specific organization.
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.
Search Users
GET /api/users?perpage=10&page=1&sort=login-asc,email-asc
Required permissions
See note in the introduction for an explanation.
Action | Scope |
---|---|
users:read | global.users:* |
Example Request:
GET /api/users HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=
Default value for the perpage
parameter is 1000
and for the page
parameter is 1
. Requires basic authentication and that the authenticated user is a Grafana Admin.
The sort
param is an optional comma separated list of options to order the search result. Accepted values for the sort filter are: login-asc
, login-desc
, email-asc
, email-desc
, name-asc
, name-desc
, lastSeenAtAge-asc
, lastSeenAtAge-desc
. By default, if sort
is not specified, the user list will be ordered by login
, email
in ascending order.
Example Response:
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json
[
{
"id": 1,
"name": "Admin",
"login": "admin",
"email": "admin@mygraf.com",
"isAdmin": true,
"isDisabled": false,
"lastSeenAt": "2020-04-10T20:29:27+03:00",
"lastSeenAtAge": "2m",
"authLabels": ["OAuth"]
},
{
"id": 2,
"name": "User",
"login": "user",
"email": "user@mygraf.com",
"isAdmin": false,
"isDisabled": false,
"lastSeenAt": "2020-01-24T12:38:47+02:00",
"lastSeenAtAge": "2M",
"authLabels": []
}
]
Search Users with Paging
GET /api/users/search?perpage=10&page=1&query=mygraf&sort=login-asc,email-asc
Required permissions
See note in the introduction for an explanation.
Action | Scope |
---|---|
users:read | global.users:* |
Example Request:
GET /api/users/search?perpage=10&page=1&query=mygraf HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=
Default value for the perpage
parameter is 1000
and for the page
parameter is 1
. The totalCount
field in the response can be used for pagination of the user list E.g. if totalCount
is equal to 100 users and the perpage
parameter is set to 10 then there are 10 pages of users. The query
parameter is optional and it will return results where the query value is contained in one of the name
, login
or email
fields. Query values with spaces need to be URL encoded e.g. query=Jane%20Doe
.
The sort
param is an optional comma separated list of options to order the search result. Accepted values for the sort filter are: login-asc
, login-desc
, email-asc
, email-desc
, name-asc
, name-desc
, lastSeenAtAge-asc
, lastSeenAtAge-desc
. By default, if sort
is not specified, the user list will be ordered by login
, email
in ascending order.
Requires basic authentication and that the authenticated user is a Grafana Admin.
Example Response:
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json
{
"totalCount": 2,
"users": [
{
"id": 1,
"name": "Admin",
"login": "admin",
"email": "admin@mygraf.com",
"isAdmin": true,
"isDisabled": false,
"lastSeenAt": "2020-04-10T20:29:27+03:00",
"lastSeenAtAge': "2m",
"authLabels": ["OAuth"]
},
{
"id": 2,
"name": "User",
"login": "user",
"email": "user@mygraf.com",
"isAdmin": false,
"isDisabled": false,
"lastSeenAt": "2020-01-24T12:38:47+02:00",
"lastSeenAtAge": "2M",
"authLabels": []
}
],
"page": 1,
"perPage": 10
}
Get single user by Id
GET /api/users/:id
Required permissions
See note in the introduction for an explanation.
Action | Scope |
---|---|
users:read | global.users:* |
Example Request:
GET /api/users/1 HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=
Requires basic authentication and that the authenticated user is a Grafana Admin.
Example Response:
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json
{
"id": "1",
"email": "user@mygraf.com",
"name": "admin",
"login": "admin",
"theme": "light",
"orgId": 1,
"isGrafanaAdmin": true,
"isDisabled": true,
"isExternal": false,
"authLabels": [],
"updatedAt": "2019-09-09T11:31:26+01:00",
"createdAt": "2019-09-09T11:31:26+01:00",
"avatarUrl": ""
}
Get single user by Username(login) or Email
GET /api/users/lookup?loginOrEmail=user@mygraf.com
Required permissions
See note in the introduction for an explanation.
Action | Scope |
---|---|
users:read | global.users:* |
Example Request using the email as option:
GET /api/users/lookup?loginOrEmail=user@mygraf.com HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=
Example Request using the username as option:
GET /api/users/lookup?loginOrEmail=admin HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=
Requires basic authentication and that the authenticated user is a Grafana Admin.
Example Response:
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json
{
"id": 1,
"email": "user@mygraf.com",
"name": "admin",
"login": "admin",
"theme": "light",
"orgId": 1,
"isGrafanaAdmin": true,
"isDisabled": false,
"isExternal": false,
"authLabels": null,
"updatedAt": "2019-09-25T14:44:37+01:00",
"createdAt": "2019-09-25T14:44:37+01:00",
"avatarUrl":""
}
User Update
PUT /api/users/:id
Required permissions
See note in the introduction for an explanation.
Action | Scope |
---|---|
users:write | global.users:* |
Example Request:
PUT /api/users/2 HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=
{
"email":"user@mygraf.com",
"name":"User2",
"login":"user",
"theme":"light"
}
Requires basic authentication and that the authenticated user is a Grafana Admin.
Example Response:
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json
{"message":"User updated"}
Get Organizations for user
GET /api/users/:id/orgs
Required permissions
See note in the introduction for an explanation.
Action | Scope |
---|---|
users:read | global.users:* |
Example Request:
GET /api/users/1/orgs HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=
Requires basic authentication and that the authenticated user is a Grafana Admin.
Example Response:
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json
[
{
"orgId":1,
"name":"Main Org.",
"role":"Admin"
}
]
Get Teams for user
GET /api/users/:id/teams
Required permissions
See note in the introduction for an explanation.
Action | Scope |
---|---|
users:read | global.users:* |
teams:read | teams:* |
Example Request:
GET /api/users/1/teams HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=
Requires basic authentication and that the authenticated user is a Grafana Admin.
Example Response:
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json
[
{
"id":1,
"orgId":1,
"name":"team1",
"email":"",
"avatarUrl":"/avatar/3fcfe295eae3bcb67a49349377428a66",
"memberCount":1
}
]
User
Actual User
GET /api/user
Example Request:
GET /api/user HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=
Requires basic authentication.
Example Response:
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json
{
"id":1,
"email":"admin@mygraf.com",
"name":"Admin",
"login":"admin",
"theme":"light",
"orgId":1,
"isGrafanaAdmin":true,
"isDisabled":false
"isExternal": false,
"authLabels": [],
"updatedAt": "2019-09-09T11:31:26+01:00",
"createdAt": "2019-09-09T11:31:26+01:00",
"avatarUrl": ""
}
Change Password
PUT /api/user/password
Changes the password for the user. Requires basic authentication.
Example Request:
PUT /api/user/password HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=
{
"oldPassword": "old_password",
"newPassword": "new_password"
}
Example Response:
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json
{"message":"User password changed"}
Change Password with a Script
If you need to change a password with a script, here is an example of changing the Admin password using curl with basic auth:
curl -X PUT -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{
"oldPassword": "oldpass",
"newPassword": "newpass",
"confirmNew": "newpass"
}' http://admin:oldpass@<your_grafana_host>:3000/api/user/password
Switch user context for a specified user
POST /api/users/:userId/using/:organizationId
Switch user context to the given organization. Requires basic authentication and that the authenticated user is a Grafana Admin.
Example Request:
POST /api/users/7/using/2 HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=
Example Response:
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json
{"message":"Active organization changed"}
Switch user context for signed in user
POST /api/user/using/:organizationId
Switch user context to the given organization.
Example Request:
POST /api/user/using/2 HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk
Example Response:
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json
{"message":"Active organization changed"}
Organizations of the actual User
GET /api/user/orgs
Return a list of all organizations of the current user. Requires basic authentication.
Example Request:
GET /api/user/orgs HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=
Example Response:
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json
[
{
"orgId":1,
"name":"Main Org.",
"role":"Admin"
}
]
Teams that the actual User is member of
GET /api/user/teams
Return a list of all teams that the current user is member of.
Example Request:
GET /api/user/teams HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk
Example Response:
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json
[
{
"id": 1,
"orgId": 1,
"name": "MyTestTeam",
"email": "",
"avatarUrl": "\/avatar\/3f49c15916554246daa714b9bd0ee398",
"memberCount": 1
}
]
Star a dashboard
POST /api/user/stars/dashboard/:dashboardId
Stars the given Dashboard for the actual user.
Example Request:
POST /api/user/stars/dashboard/1 HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk
Example Response:
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json
{"message":"Dashboard starred!"}
Unstar a dashboard
DELETE /api/user/stars/dashboard/:dashboardId
Deletes the starring of the given Dashboard for the actual user.
Example Request:
DELETE /api/user/stars/dashboard/1 HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk
Example Response:
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json
{"message":"Dashboard unstarred"}
Auth tokens of the actual User
GET /api/user/auth-tokens
Return a list of all auth tokens (devices) that the actual user currently have logged in from.
Example Request:
GET /api/user/auth-tokens HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk
Example Response:
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json
[
{
"id": 361,
"isActive": true,
"clientIp": "127.0.0.1",
"browser": "Chrome",
"browserVersion": "72.0",
"os": "Linux",
"osVersion": "",
"device": "Other",
"createdAt": "2019-03-05T21:22:54+01:00",
"seenAt": "2019-03-06T19:41:06+01:00"
},
{
"id": 364,
"isActive": false,
"clientIp": "127.0.0.1",
"browser": "Mobile Safari",
"browserVersion": "11.0",
"os": "iOS",
"osVersion": "11.0",
"device": "iPhone",
"createdAt": "2019-03-06T19:41:19+01:00",
"seenAt": "2019-03-06T19:41:21+01:00"
}
]
Revoke an auth token of the actual User
POST /api/user/revoke-auth-token
Revokes the given auth token (device) for the actual user. User of issued auth token (device) will no longer be logged in and will be required to authenticate again upon next activity.
Example Request:
POST /api/user/revoke-auth-token HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk
{
"authTokenId": 364
}
Example Response:
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json
{
"message": "User auth token revoked"
}
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