This page provides examples of calls to the Grafana API using cURL.
The most basic example for a dashboard for which there is no authentication. You can test the following on your local machine, assuming a default installation and anonymous access enabled, required:
```
curl http://localhost:3000/api/search
```
Here’s a cURL command that works for getting the home dashboard when you are running Grafana locally with [basic authentication]({{<relref"../auth/#basic-auth">}}) enabled using the default admin credentials:
The most basic example for a dashboard for which there is no authentication. You can test the following on your local machine, assuming a default installation and anonymous access enabled, required:
```
curl http://localhost:3000/api/search
```
Here’s a cURL command that works for getting the home dashboard when you are running Grafana locally with [basic authentication]({{<relref"../auth/#basic-auth">}}) enabled using the default admin credentials: