From e5d400ebb98bdae222464ff9a4b0dca8d88f6e70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Utkarsh Bhatnagar <utkarsh.cmu@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 02:19:52 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Update data_source.md

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 docs/sources/http_api/data_source.md | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/sources/http_api/data_source.md b/docs/sources/http_api/data_source.md
index 57352161d31..f60c9cd7000 100644
--- a/docs/sources/http_api/data_source.md
+++ b/docs/sources/http_api/data_source.md
@@ -74,6 +74,39 @@ page_keywords: grafana, admin, http, api, documentation, datasource
       "jsonData":null
     }
 
+## Get a single data sources by Name
+
+`GET /api/datasources/name/:name`
+
+**Example Request**:
+
+    GET /api/datasources/name/test_datasource HTTP/1.1
+    Accept: application/json
+    Content-Type: application/json
+    Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk
+
+**Example Response**:
+
+    HTTP/1.1 200
+    Content-Type: application/json
+
+    {
+      "id":1,
+      "orgId":1,
+      "name":"test_datasource",
+      "type":"graphite",
+      "access":"proxy",
+      "url":"http://mydatasource.com",
+      "password":"",
+      "user":"",
+      "database":"",
+      "basicAuth":false,
+      "basicAuthUser":"",
+      "basicAuthPassword":"",
+      "isDefault":false,
+      "jsonData":null
+    }
+
 ## Create data source
 
 `POST /api/datasources`