---
title: "Get a single data source by Name."
method: GET
path: "/datasources/name/{name}"
tags: ["datasources"]
---

# Get a single data source by Name.

`GET /datasources/name/{name}`

If you are running Grafana Enterprise and have Fine-grained access control enabled
you need to have a permission with action: `datasources:read` and scopes: `datasources:*`, `datasources:name:*` and `datasources:name:test_datasource` (single data source).

## Path parameters

- `name` string, required

## Response `200`

(empty)

- DataSource
  - `access` string
  - `accessControl` Metadata — Metadata contains user accesses for a given resource Ex: map[string]bool{"create":true, "delete": true}
  - `basicAuth` boolean
  - `basicAuthUser` string
  - `database` string
  - `id` integer
  - `isDefault` boolean
  - `jsonData` Json
  - `name` string
  - `orgId` integer
  - `readOnly` boolean
  - `secureJsonFields` object
  - `type` string
  - `typeLogoUrl` string
  - `uid` string
  - `url` string
  - `user` string
  - `version` integer
  - `withCredentials` boolean

## Other responses

- `401` — UnauthorizedError is returned when the request is not authenticated.
- `403` — ForbiddenError is returned if the user/token has insufficient permissions to access the requested resource.
- `500` — InternalServerError is a general error indicating something went wrong internally.

---

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