diff --git a/snapshot.go b/snapshot.go
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+++ b/snapshot.go
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+package gapi
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+)
+
+// Snapshot represents a Grafana snapshot.
+type Snapshot struct {
+	Model   map[string]interface{} `json:"dashboard"`
+	Expires int64                  `json:"expires"`
+}
+
+// SnapshotResponse represents the Grafana API response to creating a dashboard.
+type SnapshotCreateResponse struct {
+	DeleteKey string `json:"deleteKey"`
+	DeleteURL string `json:"deleteUrl"`
+	Key       string `json:"key"`
+	URL       string `json:"url"`
+	ID        int64  `json:"id"`
+}
+
+// NewSnapshot creates a new Grafana snapshot.
+func (c *Client) NewSnapshot(snapshot Snapshot) (*SnapshotCreateResponse, error) {
+	data, err := json.Marshal(snapshot)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	result := &SnapshotCreateResponse{}
+	err = c.request("POST", "/api/snapshots", nil, bytes.NewBuffer(data), &result)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return result, err
+}
diff --git a/snapshot_test.go b/snapshot_test.go
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+package gapi
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/gobs/pretty"
+)
+
+const (
+	createdSnapshotResponse = `{
+		"deleteKey":"XXXXXXX",
+		"deleteUrl":"myurl/api/snapshots-delete/XXXXXXX",
+		"key":"YYYYYYY",
+		"url":"myurl/dashboard/snapshot/YYYYYYY",
+		"id": 1
+	}`
+)
+
+func TestSnapshotCreate(t *testing.T) {
+	server, client := gapiTestTools(t, 200, createdSnapshotResponse)
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	snapshot := Snapshot{
+		Model: map[string]interface{}{
+			"title": "test",
+		},
+		Expires: 3600,
+	}
+
+	resp, err := client.NewSnapshot(snapshot)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	t.Log(pretty.PrettyFormat(resp))
+
+	if resp.DeleteKey != "XXXXXXX" {
+		t.Errorf("Invalid key - %s, Expected %s", resp.DeleteKey, "XXXXXXX")
+	}
+
+	for _, code := range []int{400, 401, 403, 412} {
+		server.code = code
+		_, err = client.NewSnapshot(snapshot)
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Errorf("%d not detected", code)
+		}
+	}
+}