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Looker Dashboard API

Manage dashboards, which are collections of tiles displaying visualizations from queries. Dashboards support filters, layouts, and can be shared across the organization.

Looker Dashboard API is one of 10 APIs that Looker publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Dashboard. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, rate-limit docs, an API reference, and a getting-started guide.

This API exposes 8 operations across 5 paths, and defines 12 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 4.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://{instance}.looker.com/api/4.0, https://{instance}.cloud.looker.com/api/4.0.

8 operations 5 paths 12 schemas 1 DELETE5 GET1 PATCH1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
4.0
Base URL
https://your-instance.looker.com:19999/api/4.0
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Looker Dashboard API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — Access token obtained from the /login endpoint using client credentials. Include as Bearer token in the Authorization header.

Paths & Operations 8

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 1 DELETE, 5 GET, 1 PATCH, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Dashboard 8

Manage dashboards, which are collections of tiles displaying visualizations from queries. Dashboards support filters, layouts, and can be shared across the organization.

GET
/dashboards
Looker List All Dashboards
allDashboards 1 param → 200401
POST
/dashboards
Looker Create a Dashboard
createDashboard body → 200422
GET
/dashboards/search
Looker Search Dashboards
searchDashboards 8 params → 200400
GET
/dashboards/{dashboard_id}
Looker Get a Dashboard
dashboard 2 params → 200404
PATCH
/dashboards/{dashboard_id}
Looker Update a Dashboard
updateDashboard 1 param body → 200404422
DELETE
/dashboards/{dashboard_id}
Looker Delete a Dashboard
deleteDashboard 1 param → 204404
GET
/dashboards/{dashboard_id}/dashboard_elements
Looker List Dashboard Elements
dashboardDashboardElements 2 params → 200404
GET
/dashboards/{dashboard_id}/dashboard_filters
Looker List Dashboard Filters
dashboardDashboardFilters 2 params → 200404

Schemas 12

The contract defines 12 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Dashboard (31 properties), Query (22 properties), Look (22 properties), DashboardElement (16 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

DashboardElement
object
A single tile on a dashboard. Each element can contain a query, a reference to a Look, a merge query, or text/markdown content.
16 properties
DashboardLayout
object
Layout configuration for a dashboard defining tile positions
7 properties
FolderBase
object
Basic folder information
7 properties
SpaceBase
object
Basic space (folder) information
6 properties
Dashboard
object
A dashboard is a collection of tiles arranged in a layout that visualize data from queries. Dashboards support cross-filtering, drill-down, and can be shared,…
31 properties
DashboardFilter
object
A filter on a dashboard that allows users to dynamically change query parameters across multiple tiles simultaneously.
13 properties
Query
object
A query defines a data request against a LookML model. Queries are immutable once created and contain the model, view, fields, filters, sorts, and limit needed…
22 properties
Look
object
A Look is a saved query with a visualization. Looks can be shared, embedded, scheduled for delivery, and added to dashboards as tiles.
22 properties
DashboardLayoutComponent
object
Position and size of a single element within a dashboard layout
7 properties
ErrorResponse
object
Error response from the Looker API
2 properties
WriteDashboard
object
Writable fields for creating or updating a dashboard
13 properties
LookModel
object
Basic LookML model information
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

looker-dashboard-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Looker publishes across the network.

LookML API
Looker Action API
Looker Embed SDK
Looker Extension Framework API
Looker (Google Cloud core) API
Looker Auth API
Looker Look API
Looker Query API
Looker User API
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