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+# dashboardAPI
+
+Custom Node-RED node for programmatic Grafana dashboard creation, management, and telemetry integration.
+
+## Overview
+
+| Property | Value |
+|----------|-------|
+| **Version** | 1.0.0 |
+| **Category** | Visualization |
+| **Inputs** | 1 |
+| **Outputs** | 1 (grafana) |
+| **Part of** | [EVOLV](https://gitea.wbd-rd.nl/RnD/EVOLV) |
+
+## Purpose
+
+The `dashboardAPI` node integrates with Grafana for automated dashboard management. It provides:
+
+- **Dashboard creation** - Programmatically generate Grafana dashboards
+- **Metrics querying** - Query InfluxDB data through Grafana
+- **Alert management** - Configure and manage Grafana alerts
+- **FlowFuse chart endpoints** - Serve data to FlowFuse dashboard widgets
+
+## Configuration
+
+| Field | Description | Default |
+|-------|-------------|---------|
+| `protocol` | HTTP or HTTPS | http |
+| `host` | Grafana server hostname | - |
+| `port` | Grafana server port | 3000 |
+| `bearerToken` | Grafana API authentication token | - |
+| `defaultBucket` | Default InfluxDB bucket | - |
+| `enableLog` | Enable node logging | false |
+| `logLevel` | Log verbosity level | - |
+
+## Inputs and Outputs
+
+### Input (Port 0)
+Dashboard commands:
+- Create/update dashboard
+- Query metrics
+- Manage alerts
+
+### Output Port 0 - Grafana
+API responses, query results, dashboard URLs.
+
+**Note:** Unlike other EVOLV nodes, dashboardAPI has only 1 output port (not the standard 3-port pattern).
+
+## Dependencies
+
+- [generalFunctions](https://gitea.wbd-rd.nl/RnD/generalFunctions) (MenuManager, logger)
+
+## Technical Requirements
+
+- Node.js >= 18
+- Node-RED >= 3.x
+- Grafana instance (accessible via HTTP/HTTPS)
+- Grafana API token with appropriate permissions
+- InfluxDB 2.x (as Grafana data source)
+
+## Testing
+
+```bash
+node --test test/basic/*.test.js
+node --test test/integration/*.test.js
+node --test test/edge/*.test.js
+```