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Co-authored-by: Bevis Halsey-Perry <hi@be7.is>
Co-authored-by: Pascal Jufer <pascal-jufer@bluewin.ch>
2023-08-08 10:16:23 -04:00

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REST and GraphQL API documentation on the Dashboards collection in Directus. 5 min read page-reference

Dashboards

Dashboards within the Insights module organize different Panels into an at-a-glance view. They can be used to group data based on department, objective, business process or anything you choose. Learn more about Dashboards.

The Dashboard Object

id uuid
Primary key of the dashboard.

name string
Name of the dashboard.

icon string
Material icon for dashboard.

note string
Descriptive text about the dashboard.

date_created Date
When the dashboard was created

user_created many-to-one
User that created the dashboard. Many-to-one to users.

color string
Accent color for the dashboard.

panels one-to-many
Panels that are in this dashboard. One-to-may to panels.

{
	"id": "a79bd1b2-beb2-49fc-8a26-0b3eec0e2697",
	"name": "My Dashboard",
	"icon": "dashboard",
	"note": "Test",
	"date_created": "2023-01-05T19:03:15.051Z",
	"user_created": "fd066644-c8e5-499d-947b-fe6c6e1a1473",
	"color": "#6644FF",
	"panels": ["22640672-eef0-4ee9-ab04-591f3afb2883"]
}

List Dashboards

List all dashboards that exist in Directus.

Request

GET /dashboards

SEARCH /dashboards

If using SEARCH you can provide a query object as the body of your request.

Learn more about SEARCH ->

POST /graphql/system

type Query {
	dashboards: [directus_dashboards]
}
import { createDirectus, rest, readDashboards } from '@directus/sdk';

const client = createDirectus('directus_project_url').with(rest());

const result = await client.request(readDashboards(query_object));

Query Parameters

Supports all global query parameters.

Response

An array of up to limit dashboard objects. If no items are available, data will be an empty array.

Example

GET /dashboards

SEARCH /dashboards

POST /graphql/system

query {
	dashboards {
		id
		name
	}
}
import { createDirectus, rest, readDashboards } from '@directus/sdk';

const client = createDirectus('https://directus.example.com').with(rest());

const result = await client.request(
	readDashboards({
		fields: ['*'],
	})
);

Retrieve a Dashboard

List an existing dashboard by primary key.

Request

GET /dashboards/:id

POST /graphql/system

type Query {
	dashboards_by_id(id: ID!): directus_dashboards
}
import { createDirectus, rest, readDashboard } from '@directus/sdk';

const client = createDirectus('directus_project_url').with(rest());

const result = await client.request(readDashboard(dashboard_id, query_object));

Query Parameters

Supports all global query parameters.

Response

Returns the requested dashboard object.

Example

GET /dashboards/2fc325fb-299b-4d20-a9e7-a34349dee8b2

query {
	dashboards_by_id(id: "2fc325fb-299b-4d20-a9e7-a34349dee8b2") {
		id
		name
	}
}
import { createDirectus, rest, readDashboard } from '@directus/sdk';

const client = createDirectus('https://directus.example.com').with(rest());

const result = await client.request(
	readDashboard('751a81de-9e00-4ffe-a2c1-6e04619b859f', {
		fields: ['*'],
	})
);

Create a Dashboard

Create a new dashboard.

Request

POST /dashboards

Provide a dashboard object as the body of your request.

POST /graphql/system

type Mutation {
	create_dashboards_item(data: create_directus_dashboards_input!): directus_dashboards
}
import { createDirectus, rest, createDashboard } from '@directus/sdk';

const client = createDirectus('directus_project_url').with(rest());

const result = await client.request(createDashboard(dashboard_object));

Query Parameters

Supports all global query parameters.

Request Body

A partial dashboard object.

Response

Returns the dashboard object for the created dashboard.

Example

POST /dashboards

{
	"name": "My Dashboard",
	"icon": "dashboard"
}

POST /graphql/system

mutation {
	create_dashboards_item(data: { name: "My Dashboard", icon: "dashboards" }) {
		id
		name
	}
}
import { createDirectus, rest, createDashboard } from '@directus/sdk';

const client = createDirectus('https://directus.example.com').with(rest());

const result = await client.request(
	createDashboard({
		name: 'User Retention',
		note: 'Some insights on our users activity',
	})
);

Create Multiple Dashboards

Create multiple new dashboards.

Request

POST /dashboards

Provide an array of dashboard objects as the body of your request.

POST /graphql/system

type Mutation {
	create_dashboards_items(data: [create_directus_dashboards_input!]!): [directus_dashboards]
}
import { createDirectus, rest, createDashboards } from '@directus/sdk';

const client = createDirectus('directus_project_url').with(rest());

const result = await client.request(createDashboards(dashboard_object_array));

Query Parameters

Supports all global query parameters.

Request Body

An array of partial dashboard objects.

Response

Returns the dashboard object for the created dashboard.

Example

POST /dashboards

[
	{
		"name": "My Dashboard",
		"icon": "dashboard"
	},
	{
		"name": "Another Dashboard",
		"icon": "person"
	}
]

POST /graphql/system

mutation {
	create_dashboards_items(
		data: [{ name: "My Dashboard", icon: "dashboard" }, { name: "Another Dashboard", icon: "person" }]
	) {
		id
		name
	}
}
import { createDirectus, rest, createDashboards } from '@directus/sdk';

const client = createDirectus('https://directus.example.com').with(rest());

const result = await client.request(
	createDashboards([
		{
			name: 'User Retention',
			note: 'Some insights on our users activity',
		},
		{
			name: 'Publishing report',
			note: 'Some charts to track our outputs',
		},
	])
);

Update a Dashboard

Update an existing dashboard.

Request

PATCH /dashboards/:id

Provide a partial dashboard object as the body of your request.

POST /graphql/system

type Mutation {
	update_dashboards_item(id: ID!, data: update_directus_dashboards_input): directus_dashboards
}
import { createDirectus, rest, updateDashboard } from '@directus/sdk';

const client = createDirectus('directus_project_url').with(rest());

const result = await client.request(updateDashboard(dashboard_id, partial_dashboard_object));

Query Parameters

Supports all global query parameters.

Request Body

A partial dashboard object.

Response

Returns the dashboard object for the updated dashboard.

Example

PATCH /dashboards/2fc325fb-299b-4d20-a9e7-a34349dee8b2

{
	"name": "My Updated Dashboard"
}

POST /graphql/system

mutation {
	update_dashboards_item(id: "2fc325fb-299b-4d20-a9e7-a34349dee8b2", data: { name: "My Updated Dashboard" }) {
		id
		name
	}
}
import { createDirectus, rest, updateDashboard } from '@directus/sdk';

const client = createDirectus('https://directus.example.com').with(rest());

const result = await client.request(
	updateDashboard('cfcc3702-33bd-4616-865c-99b59dc1cdc9', {
		color: '#6644FF',
	})
);

Update Multiple Dashboards

Update multiple existing dashboards.

Request

PATCH /dashboards

{
	"keys": dashboard_id_array,
	"data": partial_dashboard_object
}

POST /graphql/system

type Mutation {
	update_dashboards_items(ids: [ID!]!, data: update_directus_dashboards_input): [directus_dashboards]
}
import { createDirectus, rest, updateDashboards } from '@directus/sdk';

const client = createDirectus('directus_project_url').with(rest());

const result = await client.request(updateDashboards(dashboard_id_array, partial_dashboard_object));

Query Parameters

Supports all global query parameters.

Request Body

keys Required
Array of primary keys of the dashboards you'd like to update.

data Required
Any of the dashboard's properties.

Response

Returns the dashboard objects for the updated dashboards.

Example

PATCH /dashboards

{
	"keys": ["3f2facab-7f05-4ee8-a7a3-d8b9c634a1fc", "7259bfa8-3786-45c6-8c08-cc688e7ba229"],
	"data": {
		"color": "#6644FF"
	}
}

POST /graphql/system

mutation {
	update_dashboards_items(
		ids: ["3f2facab-7f05-4ee8-a7a3-d8b9c634a1fc", "7259bfa8-3786-45c6-8c08-cc688e7ba229"]
		data: { color: "#6644FF" }
	) {
		id
		name
	}
}
import { createDirectus, rest, updateDashboards } from '@directus/sdk';

const client = createDirectus('https://directus.example.com').with(rest());

const result = await client.request(
	updateDashboards(['cfcc3702-33bd-4616-865c-99b59dc1cdc9', '782c80a0-ad61-488d-b9e2-7d688f029421'], {
		color: '#81D4FA',
	})
);

Delete a Dashboard

Delete an existing dashboard.

Request

DELETE /dashboards/:id

POST /graphql/system

type Mutation {
	delete_dashboards_item(id: ID!): delete_one
}
import { createDirectus, rest, deleteDashboard } from '@directus/sdk';

const client = createDirectus('directus_project_url').with(rest());

const result = await client.request(deleteDashboard(dashboard_id));

Response

Empty body.

Example

DELETE /dashboards/12204ee2-2c82-4d9a-b044-2f4842a11dba

POST /graphql/system

mutation {
	delete_dashboards_item(id: "12204ee2-2c82-4d9a-b044-2f4842a11dba") {
		id
	}
}
import { createDirectus, rest, deleteDashboard } from '@directus/sdk';

const client = createDirectus('https://directus.example.com').with(rest());

const result = await client.request(deleteDashboard('cfcc3702-33bd-4616-865c-99b59dc1cdc9'));

Delete Multiple Dashboards

Delete multiple existing dashboards.

Request

DELETE /dashboards

Provide an array of dashboard IDs as the body of your request.

POST /graphql/system

type Mutation {
	delete_dashboards_items(ids: [ID!]!): delete_many
}
import { createDirectus, rest, deleteDashboards } from '@directus/sdk';

const client = createDirectus('directus_project_url').with(rest());

const result = await client.request(deleteDashboards(dashboard_id_array));

Request Body

An array of dashboards primary keys

Response

Empty body.

Example

DELETE /dashboards

["25821236-8c2a-4f89-8fdc-c7d01f35877d", "02b9486e-4273-4fd5-b94b-e18fd923d1ed", "7d62f1e9-a83f-407b-84f8-1c184f014501"]

POST /graphql/system

mutation {
	delete_dashboards_items(
		ids: [
			"25821236-8c2a-4f89-8fdc-c7d01f35877d"
			"02b9486e-4273-4fd5-b94b-e18fd923d1ed"
			"7d62f1e9-a83f-407b-84f8-1c184f014501"
		]
	) {
		ids
	}
}
import { createDirectus } from '@directus/sdk';
import { rest, deleteDashboards } from '@directus/sdk/rest';

const client = createDirectus('https://directus.example.com').with(rest());

const result = await client.request(
	deleteDashboards(['751a81de-9e00-4ffe-a2c1-6e04619b859f', '782c80a0-ad61-488d-b9e2-7d688f029421'])
);