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Data Source Permissions API

The Data Source Permissions is only available in Grafana Enterprise. Read more about Grafana Enterprise.

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.

This API can be used to list, add and remove permissions for a data source.

Permissions can be set for a user, team, service account or a basic role (Admin, Editor, Viewer).

Optional ds_type query parameter

Every endpoint in this API accepts an optional query parameter ds_type. Set it to the data source plugin type (for example prometheus or loki). Use ds_type when more than one data source in the organization shares the same UID so Grafana can resolve the correct instance. If the UID is unique in the organization, you can omit ds_type.

Get permissions for a data source

GET /api/access-control/datasources/:uid

Gets all existing permissions for the data source with the given uid.

Append ?ds_type=<TYPE> when you need to disambiguate the UID; refer to Optional ds_type query parameter.

Required permissions

See note in the introduction for an explanation.

ActionScope
datasources.permissions:readdatasources:*
datasources:uid:*
datasources:uid:my_datasource (single data source)

Examples

Example request:

http 
GET /api/access-control/datasources/my_datasource HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

Example request (with ds_type when the UID is not unique):

http 
GET /api/access-control/datasources/my_datasource?ds_type=prometheus 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,
        "roleName": "fixed:datasources:reader",
        "isManaged": false,
        "isInherited": false,
        "isServiceAccount": false,
        "userId": 1,
        "userLogin": "admin_user",
        "userAvatarUrl": "/avatar/admin_user",
        "actions": [
            "datasources:read",
            "datasources:query",
            "datasources:read",
            "datasources:query",
            "datasources:write",
            "datasources:delete"
        ],
        "permission": "Edit"
    },
    {
        "id": 2,
        "roleName": "managed:teams:1:permissions",
        "isManaged": true,
        "isInherited": false,
        "isServiceAccount": false,
        "team": "A team",
        "teamId": 1,
        "teamAvatarUrl": "/avatar/523d70c8551046f441727d690431858c",
        "actions": [
            "datasources:read",
            "datasources:query"
        ],
        "permission": "Query"
    },
    {
        "id": 3,
        "roleName": "basic:admin",
        "isManaged": false,
        "isInherited": false,
        "isServiceAccount": false,
        "builtInRole": "Admin",
        "actions": [
            "datasources:query",
            "datasources:read",
            "datasources:write",
            "datasources:delete"
        ],
        "permission": "Edit"
    },
]

Status codes:

  • 200 - Ok
  • 401 - Unauthorized
  • 403 - Access denied
  • 500 - Internal error

Add or revoke access to a data source for a user

POST /api/access-control/datasources/:uid/users/:id

Sets user permission for the data source with the given uid.

Append ?ds_type=<TYPE> when you need to disambiguate the UID; refer to Optional ds_type query parameter.

To add a permission, set the permission field to either Query, Edit, or Admin. To remove a permission, set the permission field to an empty string.

Required permissions

See note in the introduction for an explanation.

ActionScope
datasources.permissions:writedatasources:*
datasources:uid:*
datasources:uid:my_datasource (single data source)

Examples

Example request:

http 
POST /api/access-control/datasources/my_datasource/users/1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

{
  "permission": "Query",
}

Example response:

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

{"message": "Permission updated"}

Example request:

http 
POST /api/access-control/datasources/my_datasource/users/1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

{
  "permission": "",
}

Example response:

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

{"message": "Permission removed"}

Status codes:

  • 200 - Ok
  • 400 - Permission cannot be added, see response body for details
  • 401 - Unauthorized
  • 403 - Access denied

Add or revoke access to a data source for a team

POST /api/access-control/datasources/:uid/teams/:id

Sets team permission for the data source with the given uid.

Append ?ds_type=<TYPE> when you need to disambiguate the UID; refer to Optional ds_type query parameter.

To add a permission, set the permission field to either Query, Edit, or Admin. To remove a permission, set the permission field to an empty string.

Required permissions

See note in the introduction for an explanation.

ActionScope
datasources.permissions:writedatasources:*
datasources:uid:*
datasources:uid:my_datasource (single data source)

Examples

Example request:

http 
POST /api/access-control/datasources/my_datasource/teams/1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

{
  "permission": "Edit",
}

Example response:

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

{"message": "Permission updated"}

Example request:

http 
POST /api/access-control/datasources/my_datasource/teams/1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

{
  "permission": "",
}

Example response:

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

{"message": "Permission removed"}

Status codes:

  • 200 - Ok
  • 400 - Permission cannot be added, see response body for details
  • 401 - Unauthorized
  • 403 - Access denied

Add or revoke access to a data source for a basic role

POST /api/access-control/datasources/:uid/builtInRoles/:builtinRoleName

Sets permission for the data source with the given uid to all users who have the specified basic role.

Append ?ds_type=<TYPE> when you need to disambiguate the UID; refer to Optional ds_type query parameter.

You can set permissions for the following basic roles: Admin, Editor, Viewer.

To add a permission, set the permission field to either Query, Edit, or Admin. To remove a permission, set the permission field to an empty string.

Required permissions

See note in the introduction for an explanation.

ActionScope
datasources.permissions:writedatasources:*
datasources:uid:*
datasources:uid:my_datasource (single data source)

Examples

Example request:

http 
POST /api/access-control/datasources/my_datasource/builtInRoles/Admin
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

{
  "permission": "Edit",
}

Example response:

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

{"message": "Permission updated"}

Example request:

http 
POST /api/access-control/datasources/my_datasource/builtInRoles/Viewer
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

{
  "permission": "",
}

Example response:

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

{"message": "Permission removed"}

Status codes:

  • 200 - Ok
  • 400 - Permission cannot be added, see response body for details
  • 401 - Unauthorized
  • 403 - Access denied