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Looker Look API

Manage Looks, which are saved queries with visualizations. A Look contains a query definition and visualization configuration that can be shared, scheduled, and embedded.

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

Tagged areas include Look. 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 6 operations across 4 paths, and defines 8 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.

6 operations 4 paths 8 schemas 1 DELETE4 GET1 PATCH

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 Look 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 6

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 1 DELETE, 4 GET, 1 PATCH. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Look 6

Manage Looks, which are saved queries with visualizations. A Look contains a query definition and visualization configuration that can be shared, scheduled, and embedded.

GET
/looks
Looker List All Looks
allLooks 1 param → 200401
GET
/looks/search
Looker Search Looks
searchLooks 8 params → 200400401
GET
/looks/{look_id}
Looker Get a Look
look 2 params → 200404
PATCH
/looks/{look_id}
Looker Update a Look
updateLook 2 params body → 200404422
DELETE
/looks/{look_id}
Looker Delete a Look
deleteLook 1 param → 204404
GET
/looks/{look_id}/run/{result_format}
Looker Run a Look
runLook 5 params → 200404

Schemas 8

The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Query (22 properties), Look (22 properties), WriteQuery (16 properties), WriteLookWithQuery (8 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

FolderBase
object
Basic folder information
7 properties
WriteLookWithQuery
object
Writable fields for creating or updating a Look
8 properties
SpaceBase
object
Basic space (folder) information
6 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
WriteQuery
object
Writable fields for creating a new query
16 properties 2 required
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
ErrorResponse
object
Error response from the Looker API
2 properties
LookModel
object
Basic LookML model information
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

looker-look-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 Dashboard API
Looker Query API
Looker User API
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