Grafana overwrite existing dashboard via API

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I'm trying to overwrite existing grafana dashboard via API, like this :

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" "https://api_key:xxx/api/dashboards/db" -d @test.json

And i'm facing an issue with versioning, cannot overwrite the same dashboard with my json :

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

Is there a way to avoid this and force overwriting ?

Thanks !

Jan Garaj · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-26 18:08:33Z

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That really depends what is in your test.json file. I expect correct dashboard model, so you just need to add a few fields to the top level, e.g.:

"overwrite": true,
"message": "my saved message, which will be available in the version history"

See API doc - https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/http_api/dashboard/#create-update-dashboard

answered May 26, 2020 at 18:08

Jan Garaj

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user2462699 Over a year ago

damn.. i was placing "overwrite": true in the meta part, not at the top level... is there a way to put this line automatically in the json model ? i'm placing it manually after export and this is not very convenient...

Jan Garaj Over a year ago

@user2462699 I use python, where it is piece of cake. You may try to play with jq./sed/...

aquaman Over a year ago

@JanGaraj can you share any python code snippet/example for this? would be great if it uses grafanlib.

Rostislav Teryaev · Accepted Answer · 2021-11-30 16:12:01Z

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Increment version field one time or several.

 "uid": "hDfaY-fGk",
  "version": 20            <-this one. Make it 21, 22, 23
}

answered Nov 30, 2021 at 16:12

Rostislav Teryaev

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ssppjj Over a year ago

The right answer.

Trace Over a year ago

Doesn't appear to work for me. Still the same message.

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