@ -22,19 +22,19 @@ There are two authentication methods to access the API:
The task is to create a new organization and then add a Token that can be used by other users. In the examples below which use basic auth, the user is `admin` and the password is `admin`.
1. [Create the org](http://docs.grafana.org/http_api/org/#create-organisation). Here is an example using curl:
1. [Create the org](http://docs.grafana.org/http_api/org/#create-organization). Here is an example using curl:
```bash
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"name":"apiorg"}' http://admin:admin@localhost:3000/api/orgs
```
This should return a response: `{"message":"Organization created","orgId":6}`. Use the orgId for the next steps.
2. Optional step. If the org was created previously and/or step 3 fails then first [add your Admin user to the org](http://docs.grafana.org/http_api/org/#add-user-in-organisation):
2. Optional step. If the org was created previously and/or step 3 fails then first [add your Admin user to the org](http://docs.grafana.org/http_api/org/#add-user-in-organization):