grafana/docs/sources/developers/http_api/user.md

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aliases:
  - /docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/user/
  - /docs/grafana/latest/http_api/user/
description: Grafana User HTTP API
keywords:
  - grafana
  - http
  - documentation
  - api
  - user
title: 'User HTTP API'
---

# User API

> If you are running Grafana Enterprise, for some endpoints you'll need to have specific permissions. Refer to [Role-based access control permissions]({{< relref "../../administration/roles-and-permissions/access-control/custom-role-actions-scopes/" >}}) for more information.

## Search Users

`GET /api/users?perpage=10&page=1`

**Required permissions**

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

| Action     | Scope           |
| ---------- | --------------- |
| users:read | global.users:\* |

**Example Request**:

```http
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.

**Example Response**:

```http
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

```

## Search Users with Paging

`GET /api/users/search?perpage=10&page=1&query=mygraf`

**Required permissions**

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

| Action     | Scope           |
| ---------- | --------------- |
| users:read | global.users:\* |

**Example Request**:

```http
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`.

Requires basic authentication and that the authenticated user is a Grafana Admin.

**Example Response**:

```http
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json
{
```

## Get single user by Id

`GET /api/users/:id`

**Required permissions**

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

| Action     | Scope           |
| ---------- | --------------- |
| users:read | global.users:\* |

**Example Request**:

```http
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
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

```

## Get single user by Username(login) or Email

`GET /api/users/lookup?loginOrEmail=user@mygraf.com`

**Required permissions**

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

| Action     | Scope           |
| ---------- | --------------- |
| users:read | global.users:\* |

**Example Request using the email as option**:

```http
GET /api/users/lookup?loginOrEmail=user@mygraf.com HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk
```

**Example Request using the username as option**:

```http
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
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

```

## User Update

`PUT /api/users/:id`

**Required permissions**

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

| Action      | Scope           |
| ----------- | --------------- |
| users:write | global.users:\* |

**Example Request**:

```http
PUT /api/users/2 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
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

```

## Get Organizations for user

`GET /api/users/:id/orgs`

**Required permissions**

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

| Action     | Scope           |
| ---------- | --------------- |
| users:read | global.users:\* |

**Example Request**:

```http
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
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

```

## Get Teams for user

`GET /api/users/:id/teams`

**Required permissions**

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

| Action     | Scope           |
| ---------- | --------------- |
| users:read | global.users:\* |
| teams:read | teams:\*        |

**Example Request**:

```http
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
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

```

## User

## Actual User

`GET /api/user`

**Example Request**:

```http
GET /api/user HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=
```

Requires basic authentication.

**Example Response**:

```http
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

```

## Change Password

`PUT /api/user/password`

Changes the password for the user. Requires basic authentication.

**Example Request**:

```http
PUT /api/user/password HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=

```

**Example Response**:

```http
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

```

**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:

```bash
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**:

```http
POST /api/users/7/using/2 HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=
```

**Example Response**:

```http
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

```

## Switch user context for signed in user

`POST /api/user/using/:organizationId`

Switch user context to the given organization.

**Example Request**:

```http
POST /api/user/using/2 HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk
```

**Example Response**:

```http
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

```

## Organizations of the actual User

`GET /api/user/orgs`

Return a list of all organizations of the current user. Requires basic authentication.

**Example Request**:

```http
GET /api/user/orgs HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=
```

**Example Response**:

```http
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

```

## 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**:

```http
GET /api/user/teams HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk
```

**Example Response**:

```http
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

```

## Star a dashboard

`POST /api/user/stars/dashboard/:dashboardId`

Stars the given Dashboard for the actual user.

**Example Request**:

```http
POST /api/user/stars/dashboard/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

```

## Unstar a dashboard

`DELETE /api/user/stars/dashboard/:dashboardId`

Deletes the starring of the given Dashboard for the actual user.

**Example Request**:

```http
DELETE /api/user/stars/dashboard/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

```

## 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**:

```http
GET /api/user/auth-tokens HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk
```

**Example Response**:

```http
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

```

## 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**:

```http
POST /api/user/revoke-auth-token HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk

```

**Example Response**:

```http
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

```