Create annotations in Grafana using Curl

grafana-curl-commands.sh

# Curl command to create new annotation
curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST \
-d '{"tags":["deployment","Environment"],"text":"$serviceName was deployed to $environment with commit ID $commitID"}' \
http://grafana.qa.lonelyplanet.com/api/annotations

# Response
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json
{"message":"Annotation added"}

grafana-sync-process-script.sh

# Curl command to create new annotation for start of sync process
curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST \
-d '{"tags":["sync","$environment"],"text":"$syncServiceName has started sync process"}' \
http://grafana/api/annotations

# Response
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json
{"message":"Annotation added"}

# Curl command to create new annotation for end of sync process
curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST \
-d '{"tags":["sync","$environment"],"text":"$syncServiceName has finished sync process"}' \
http://grafana/api/annotations

# Response
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json
{"message":"Annotation added"}