+++ title = "HTTP API " description = "Grafana HTTP API" keywords = ["grafana", "http", "documentation", "api", "overview"] aliases = ["/http_api/overview/"] type = "docs" [menu.docs] name = "Overview" parent = "http_api" +++
The Grafana backend exposes an HTTP API, the same API is used by the frontend to do everything from saving dashboards, creating users and updating data sources.