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Looker User API

Manage Looker users including creating, updating, and retrieving user accounts, credentials, roles, and sessions.

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

Tagged areas include User. 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 9 operations across 5 paths, and defines 9 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.

9 operations 5 paths 9 schemas 1 DELETE5 GET1 PATCH1 POST1 PUT

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 User 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 9

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 9 operations — 1 DELETE, 5 GET, 1 PATCH, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

User 9

Manage Looker users including creating, updating, and retrieving user accounts, credentials, roles, and sessions.

GET
/users
Looker List All Users
allUsers 5 params → 200401
POST
/users
Looker Create a User
createUser body → 200422
GET
/users/search
Looker Search Users
searchUsers 8 params → 200400
GET
/users/{user_id}
Looker Get a User
user 2 params → 200404
PATCH
/users/{user_id}
Looker Update a User
updateUser 2 params body → 200404422
DELETE
/users/{user_id}
Looker Delete a User
deleteUser 1 param → 204404
GET
/users/me
Looker Get Current User
me 1 param → 200401
GET
/users/{user_id}/roles
Looker Get User Roles
userRoles 2 params → 200404
PUT
/users/{user_id}/roles
Looker Set User Roles
setUserRoles 2 params body → 200404

Schemas 9

The contract defines 9 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are User (26 properties), Session (14 properties), Role (8 properties), ModelSet (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

WriteUser
object
Writable fields for creating or updating a user
5 properties
Role
object
A role defines a set of permissions and model access controls that can be assigned to users and groups.
8 properties
ModelSet
object
A set of LookML models that can be assigned to a role
6 properties
Session
object
An active user session
14 properties
ErrorResponse
object
Error response from the Looker API
2 properties
CredentialsEmail
object
Email/password credentials for a user
5 properties
CredentialsApi3
object
API3 client credentials for a user
6 properties
User
object
A Looker user account. Users have credentials, roles, and can own content such as Looks, dashboards, and queries.
26 properties
PermissionSet
object
A set of permissions that can be assigned to a role
6 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

looker-user-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 Query API
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