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Grafana Generate Snapshots
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Grafana Generate Snapshots

Grafana Generate Snapshots

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defensivedepth/grafana-generate-snapshots

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Generates a Grafana Dashboard Snapshot. To use, edit the Grafana login URL in the source and rebuild the actor. Then call the API with valid Grafana credentials and target report URL in the body. The output will be the snapshot URL. This actor must use images with Puppeteer.

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You can access the Grafana Generate Snapshots programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

1# Start Server-Sent Events (SSE) session and keep it running
2curl "https://actors-mcp-server.apify.actor/sse?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>&actors=defensivedepth/grafana-generate-snapshots"
3
4# Session id example output:
5# event: endpoint
6# data: /message?sessionId=9d820491-38d4-4c7d-bb6a-3b7dc542f1fa

Using Grafana Generate Snapshots via Model Context Protocol (MCP) server

MCP server lets you use Grafana Generate Snapshots within your AI workflows. Send API requests to trigger actions and receive real-time results. Take the received sessionId and use it to communicate with the MCP server. The message starts the Grafana Generate Snapshots Actor with the provided input.

1curl -X POST "https://actors-mcp-server.apify.actor/message?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>&session_id=<SESSION_ID>" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{
2  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
3  "id": 1,
4  "method": "tools/call",
5  "params": {
6    "arguments": {},
7    "name": "defensivedepth/grafana-generate-snapshots"
8  }
9}'

The response should be: Accepted. You should received response via SSE (JSON) as:

1event: message
2data: {
3  "result": {
4    "content": [
5      {
6        "type": "text",
7        "text": "ACTOR_RESPONSE"
8      }
9    ]
10  }
11}

Configure local MCP Server via standard input/output for Grafana Generate Snapshots

You can connect to the MCP Server using clients like ClaudeDesktop and LibreChat or build your own. The server can run both locally and remotely, giving you full flexibility. Set up the server in the client configuration as follows:

1{
2  "mcpServers": {
3    "actors-mcp-server": {
4      "command": "npx",
5      "args": [
6        "-y",
7        "@apify/actors-mcp-server",
8        "--actors",
9        "defensivedepth/grafana-generate-snapshots"
10      ],
11      "env": {
12        "APIFY_TOKEN": "<YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
13      }
14    }
15  }
16}

You can further access the MCP client through the Tester MCP Client, a chat user interface to interact with the server.

To get started, check out the documentation and example clients. If you are interested in learning more about our MCP server, check out our blog post.

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This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage.