Grafana CLI

Dashboards Commands

Export, import, and manage Grafana dashboards using the grafana-cli and API.

8 commands

Pro Tips

Use --overwrite when importing updated dashboards

Commands

Export dashboard

$ curl -s http://localhost:3000/api/dashboards/uid/DASHBOARD_UID -H 'Authorization: Bearer TOKEN' | jq '.dashboard' > dashboard.json

Export dashboard to JSON.

Import dashboard

$ curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/api/dashboards/db -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -H 'Authorization: Bearer TOKEN' -d @dashboard.json

Import dashboard from JSON.

List dashboards

$ curl -s http://localhost:3000/api/search -H 'Authorization: Bearer TOKEN'

List all dashboards.

Delete dashboard

$ curl -X DELETE http://localhost:3000/api/dashboards/uid/DASHBOARD_UID -H 'Authorization: Bearer TOKEN'

Delete a dashboard.

Search dashboards by query

$ curl -s 'http://localhost:3000/api/search?query=cpu' -H 'Authorization: Bearer TOKEN'

Search dashboards by keyword.

Get dashboard versions

$ curl -s http://localhost:3000/api/dashboards/id/1/versions -H 'Authorization: Bearer TOKEN'

List version history of a dashboard.

Get dashboard permissions

$ curl -s http://localhost:3000/api/dashboards/uid/DASHBOARD_UID/permissions -H 'Authorization: Bearer TOKEN'

View dashboard access permissions.

List folders

$ curl -s http://localhost:3000/api/folders -H 'Authorization: Bearer TOKEN'

List all dashboard folders.