I want to use the SimpleJson datasource plugin but I want to send also a username and password that user can just input manually somewhere in the dashboard. I want my simplejson datasource to connect with REST API.
Is this possible somehow?
@marcusolsson @daniellee @mefraimsson guys please suggest me how to do this…
Sourabh
You can set up authentication in the data source configuration. Supplying credentials in your dashboard is unsafe and should be avoided.
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Related slightly, but I looked at the simplejson plugin, but it wouldn’t give me what I needed - which was json flexibility to connect to REST APIs.
I then stumbled upon https://sriramajeyam.com/grafana-infinity-datasource which does give me what I want.
Personally, I wouldn’t want to be relying on passing creds the way you want anyway.