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Looker Query API

Create and run queries against your Looker models. Queries define the fields, filters, sorts, and limits used to retrieve data from the underlying database through LookML models.

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

Tagged areas include Query. 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 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 3 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.

4 operations 4 paths 3 schemas 2 GET2 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 Query 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 4

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 2 GET, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Query 4

Create and run queries against your Looker models. Queries define the fields, filters, sorts, and limits used to retrieve data from the underlying database through LookML models.

POST
/queries
Looker Create a Query
createQuery 1 param body → 200400422
GET
/queries/{query_id}
Looker Get a Query
query 2 params → 200404
GET
/queries/{query_id}/run/{result_format}
Looker Run a Saved Query
runQuery 8 params → 200404
POST
/queries/run/{result_format}
Looker Run an Inline Query
runInlineQuery 5 params body → 200400422

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Query (22 properties), WriteQuery (16 properties), ErrorResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

WriteQuery
object
Writable fields for creating a new query
16 properties 2 required
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
ErrorResponse
object
Error response from the Looker API
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

looker-query-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 Look API
Looker User API
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