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page_title: HTTP API
page_description: Grafana HTTP API Reference
page_keywords: grafana, admin, http, api, documentation
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# HTTP API Reference

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.

###Supported HTTP APIs:

* [Authentication API](/http_api/auth/)
* [Dashboard API](/http_api/dashboard/)
* [Data Source API](/http_api/data_source/)
* [Organisation API](/http_api/org/)
* [User API](/http_api/user/)
* [Admin API](/http_api/admin/)
* [Snapshot API](/http_api/snapshot/)
* [Preferences API](/http_api/preferences/)
* [Other API](/http_api/other/)