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      1. List all dashboards GET
      2. Get a single dashboard GET
      3. Export a dashboard GET
      4. Import a dashboard POST
      5. Remove a dashboard DELETE
      6. List templates GET
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List dashboard templates

Retrieves a list of all available dashboard templates. These templates can be used as a starting point for creating new dashboards.

The id returned for each template can be used with the Export dashboard endpoint to retrieve the full JSON configuration for that template.

GET https://telemetry.betterstack.com/api/v2/dashboards/templates

Headers

Authorization
required string

Bearer $TOKEN

200

A list of public dashboard templates.

Response body

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "456",
      "type": "dashboard_template",
      "attributes": {
        "name": "Blank Dashboard",
        "description": "Create a custom dashboard from scratch.",
        "categories": []
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "484486",
      "type": "dashboard_template",
      "attributes": {
        "name": "Better Stack Collector",
        "description": "Monitor services instrumented by the Better Stack collector.",
        "categories": [
          "infrastructure",
          "ebpf"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "457",
      "type": "dashboard_template",
      "attributes": {
        "name": "Docker Monitoring",
        "description": "Comprehensive Docker container monitoring dashboard.",
        "categories": [
          "containers",
          "infrastructure"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
401

Invalid or missing authentication token.

Example Request

cURL
curl -L -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
     "https://telemetry.betterstack.com/api/v2/dashboards/templates"


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