New Folders APIs

{{< admonition type="note" >}} Available in Grafana 12 and later.

This API complies with the new Grafana API structure. To learn more refer to documentation about the API structure in Grafana. {{< /admonition >}}

Requirements

If you're running Grafana Enterprise, you'll need to have specific permissions for some endpoints. Refer to Role-based access control permissions for more information.

Get all folders

GET /apis/folder.grafana.app/v1/namespaces/:namespace/folders

Returns all folders that the authenticated user has permission to view within the given organization. Use the limit query parameter to control the maximum number of dashboards returned. To retrieve additional dashboards, utilize the continue token provided in the response to fetch the next page.

namespace: to read more about the namespace to use, see the API overview.

Query parameters:

limit (optional): Maximum number of folders to return
continue (optional): Continue token from a previous response to fetch the next page

Required permissions

See note in the [introduction]({{< ref "#folder-api" >}}) for an explanation.

Action	Scope
`folders:read`	`folders:*`

Example Request:

http

GET /apis/folder.grafana.app/v1/namespaces/default/folders?limit=1 HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

Example Response:

http

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json
{
  "kind": "FolderList",
  "apiVersion": "folder.grafana.app/v1",
  "metadata": {
    "continue": "eyJvIjoxNTIsInYiOjE3NjE3MDQyMjQyMDcxODksInMiOmZhbHNlfQ=="
  },
  "items": [
    {
      "kind": "Folder",
      "apiVersion": "folder.grafana.app/v1",
      "metadata": {
        "name": "aef30vrzxs3y8d",
        "namespace": "default",
        "uid": "KCtv1FXDsJmTYQoTgcPnfuwZhDZge3uMpXOefaOHjb4X",
        "resourceVersion": "1741343686000",
        "creationTimestamp": "2025-03-07T10:34:46Z",
        "annotations": {
          "grafana.app/createdBy": "service-account:cef2t2rfm73lsb",
          "grafana.app/updatedBy": "service-account:cef2t2rfm73lsb",
          "grafana.app/updatedTimestamp": "2025-03-07T10:34:46Z"
        }
      },
      "spec": {
        "title": "example"
      }
    }
  ]
}

The metadata.continue field contains a token to fetch the next page.

Example subsequent request using continue token:

http

GET /apis/folder.grafana.app/v1/namespaces/default/folders?limit=1&continue=eyJvIjoxNTIsInYiOjE3NjE3MDQyMjQyMDcxODksInMiOmZhbHNlfQ== HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

Example subsequent response:

http

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json
{
  "kind": "FolderList",
  "apiVersion": "folder.grafana.app/v1",
  "items": [
    {
      "kind": "Folder",
      "apiVersion": "folder.grafana.app/v1",
      "metadata": {
        "name": "bef30vrzxs3y8e",
        "namespace": "default",
        "uid": "YCtv1FXDsJmTYQoTgcPnfuwZhDZge3uMpXOefaOHjb5Y",
        "resourceVersion": "1741343687000",
        "creationTimestamp": "2025-03-07T10:35:47Z",
        "annotations": {
          "grafana.app/createdBy": "service-account:cef2t2rfm73lsb",
          "grafana.app/updatedBy": "service-account:cef2t2rfm73lsb",
          "grafana.app/updatedTimestamp": "2025-03-07T10:35:47Z"
        }
      },
      "spec": {
        "title": "another folder"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Continue making requests with the updated continue token until you receive a response without a continue field in the metadata, indicating you've reached the last page.

Status Codes:

200 – OK
401 – Unauthorized
403 – Access Denied

Get folder by uid

GET /apis/folder.grafana.app/v1/namespaces/:namespace/folders/:uid

Will return the folder given the folder uid.

namespace: to read more about the namespace to use, see the API overview.
uid: the unique identifier of the folder to update. this will be the name in the folder response

Required permissions

See note in the [introduction]({{< ref "#folder-api" >}}) for an explanation.

Action	Scope
`folders:read`	`folders:*`

Example Request:

http

GET /apis/folder.grafana.app/v1/namespaces/default/folders/aef30vrzxs3y8d HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

Example Response:

http

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json
{
  "kind": "Folder",
  "apiVersion": "folder.grafana.app/v1",
  "metadata": {
    "name": "aef30vrzxs3y8d",
    "namespace": "default",
    "uid": "KCtv1FXDsJmTYQoTgcPnfuwZhDZge3uMpXOefaOHjb4X",
    "resourceVersion": "1741343686000",
    "creationTimestamp": "2025-03-07T10:34:46Z",
    "annotations": {
      "grafana.app/createdBy": "service-account:cef2t2rfm73lsb",
      "grafana.app/updatedBy": "service-account:cef2t2rfm73lsb",
      "grafana.app/updatedTimestamp": "2025-03-07T10:34:46Z",
      "grafana.app/folder": "fef30w4jaxla8b"
    }
  },
  "spec": {
    "title": "test"
  }
}

Note the annotation grafana.app/folder which contains the uid of the parent folder.

Status Codes:

200 – Found
401 – Unauthorized
403 – Access Denied
404 – Folder not found

Create folder

POST /apis/folder.grafana.app/v1/namespaces/:namespace/folders

Creates a new folder.

namespace: to read more about the namespace to use, see the API overview.

Required permissions

See note in the [introduction]({{< ref "#folder-api" >}}) for an explanation.

folders:create allows creating folders and subfolders. If granted with scope folders:uid:general, allows creating root level folders. Otherwise, allows creating subfolders under the specified folders.

Action	Scope
`folders:create`	`folders:*`
`folders:write`	`folders:*`

Example Request:

http

POST /apis/folder.grafana.app/v1/namespaces/default/folders HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

{
  "metadata": {
    "name": "aef30vrzxs3y8d",
    "annotations": {
      "grafana.app/folder": "fef30w4jaxla8b"
    }
  }
  "spec": {
    "title": "child-folder"
  },
}

JSON Body schema:

metadata.name – The Grafana [unique identifier]({{< ref "#identifier-id-vs-unique-identifier-uid" >}}). If you do not want to provide this, set metadata.generateName to the prefix you would like for the uid.
metadata.annotations.grafana.app/folder - Optional field, the unique identifier of the parent folder under which the folder should be created. Requires nested folders to be enabled.
spec.title – The title of the folder.

{{< admonition type="note" >}} Custom labels and annotations in the metadata field are supported on some instances, with full support planned for all instances when these APIs reach general availability. If they are not yet supported on your instance, they will be ignored. {{< /admonition >}}

Example Response:

http

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json
{
  "kind": "Folder",
  "apiVersion": "folder.grafana.app/v1",
  "metadata": {
    "name": "eef33r1fprd34d",
    "namespace": "default",
    "uid": "X8momvVZnsXdOqvLD9I4ngqLVif2CgRWXHy9xb2UgjQX",
    "resourceVersion": "1741320415009",
    "creationTimestamp": "2025-03-07T04:06:55Z",
    "labels": {
      "grafana.app/deprecatedInternalID": "1159"
    },
    "annotations": {
      "grafana.app/folder": "fef30w4jaxla8b",
      "grafana.app/createdBy": "service-account:cef2t2rfm73lsb"
    }
  },
  "spec": {
    "title": "child-folder"
  }
}

Status Codes:

201 – Created
400 – Errors (invalid json, missing or invalid fields, etc)
401 – Unauthorized
403 – Access denied
409 – Conflict (folder with the same uid already exists)

Update folder

PUT /apis/folder.grafana.app/v1/namespaces/:namespace/folders/:uid

Updates an existing folder identified by uid.

namespace: to read more about the namespace to use, see the API overview.
uid: the unique identifier of the folder to update. this will be the name in the folder response

Required permissions

See note in the [introduction]({{< ref "#folder-api" >}}) for an explanation.

Action	Scope
`folders:write`	`folders:*`

Example Request:

http

PUT /apis/folder.grafana.app/v1/namespaces/default/folders/fef30w4jaxla8b HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

"metadata": {
    "name": "aef30vrzxs3y8d",
    "annotations": {
      "grafana.app/folder": "xkj92m5pqw3vn4"
    }
  }
  "spec": {
    "title": "updated title"
  },

JSON Body schema:

metadata.name – The [unique identifier]({{< ref "#identifier-id-vs-unique-identifier-uid" >}}) of the folder.
metadata.annotations.grafana.app/folder - Optional field, the unique identifier of the parent folder under which the folder should be - update this to move the folder under a different parent folder. Requires nested folders to be enabled.
spec.title – The title of the folder.

Example Response:

http

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "kind": "Folder",
  "apiVersion": "folder.grafana.app/v1",
  "metadata": {
    "name": "fef30w4jaxla8b",
    "namespace": "default",
    "uid": "YaWLsFrMwEaTlIQwX2iMnhHlJuZHtZugps50BQoyjXEX",
    "resourceVersion": "1741345736000",
    "creationTimestamp": "2025-03-07T11:08:56Z",
    "annotations": {
      "grafana.app/folder": "xkj92m5pqw3vn4",
      "grafana.app/createdBy": "service-account:cef2t2rfm73lsb",
      "grafana.app/updatedBy": "service-account:cef2t2rfm73lsb",
      "grafana.app/updatedTimestamp": "2025-03-07T11:08:56Z"
    }
  },
  "spec": {
    "title": "updated title"
  }
}

Status Codes:

200 – Updated
400 – Errors (invalid json, missing or invalid fields, etc)
401 – Unauthorized
403 – Access Denied
404 – Folder not found
412 – Precondition failed (the folder has been changed by someone else). With this status code, the response body will have the following properties:

http

HTTP/1.1 412 Precondition Failed
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
Content-Length: 97

{
  "message": "The folder has been changed by someone else",
  "status": "version-mismatch"
}

Delete folder

DELETE /apis/folder.grafana.app/v1/namespaces/:namespace/folders/:uid

Deletes an existing folder identified by UID along with all dashboards (and their alerts) stored in the folder. This operation cannot be reverted.

If Grafana Alerting is enabled, you can set an optional query parameter forceDeleteRules=false so that requests will fail with 400 (Bad Request) error if the folder contains any Grafana alerts. However, if this parameter is set to true then it will delete any Grafana alerts under this folder.

namespace: to read more about the namespace to use, see the API overview.
uid: the unique identifier of the folder to delete. this will be the name in the folder response

Required permissions

See note in the [introduction]({{< ref "#folder-api" >}}) for an explanation.

Action	Scope
`folders:delete`	`folders:*`

Example Request:

http

DELETE /apis/folder.grafana.app/v1/namespaces/default/folders/fef30w4jaxla8b HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

Example Response:

http

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "kind": "Folder",
  "apiVersion": "folder.grafana.app/v1",
  "metadata": {
    "name": "fef30w4jaxla8b",
    "namespace": "default",
    "uid": "YaWLsFrMwEaTlIQwX2iMnhHlJuZHtZugps50BQoyjXEX",
    "resourceVersion": "1741345736000",
    "creationTimestamp": "2025-03-07T11:08:56Z",
    "annotations": {
      "grafana.app/folder": "xkj92m5pqw3vn4",
      "grafana.app/createdBy": "service-account:cef2t2rfm73lsb",
      "grafana.app/updatedBy": "service-account:cef2t2rfm73lsb",
      "grafana.app/updatedTimestamp": "2025-03-07T11:08:56Z"
    }
  },
  "spec": {
    "title": "updated title"
  }
}

Status Codes:

200 – Deleted
401 – Unauthorized
400 – Bad Request
403 – Access Denied
404 – Folder not found

Folder HTTP API

New Folders APIs

Requirements

Get all folders

Get folder by uid

Create folder

Update folder

Delete folder