Looker is a business intelligence and data analytics platform that enables organizations to explore, analyze, and share real-time business analytics.
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- Analytics, BI Platform, Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, Data Visualization
- Created: 2024-01-01
- Modified: 2026-04-18
The Looker API provides programmatic access to Looker functionality including running queries, managing users, creating dashboards, and administering the platform.
Human URL: https://developers.looker.com/api/explorer/4.0
- Analytics, Dashboards, Queries, REST API
API for programmatically managing LookML projects, models, and views.
Human URL: https://developers.looker.com/api/explorer/4.0/methods/Project
- Data Modeling, LookML, Projects
The Looker Action API enables developers to define custom actions, or destinations, to which Looker can send query results, dashboard results, or user interactions via a webhook-like API.
Human URL: https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/actions-overview
- Actions, Data Delivery, Integrations, Webhooks
The Looker Embed SDK is a JavaScript library for embedding Looker content into web applications.
Human URL: https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/embed-sdk-intro
- Dashboards, Embedding, JavaScript SDK, SSO
The Looker Extension Framework provides APIs and SDKs for building custom extensions that run inside the Looker UI.
Human URL: https://developers.looker.com/extensions/overview/
- Extensions, JavaScript, React, UI Components
The Looker (Google Cloud core) REST API provides management capabilities for Looker instances running on Google Cloud.
Human URL: https://cloud.google.com/looker/docs/reference/rest
- Backups, Google Cloud, Infrastructure, Instance Management
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Self-Service Analytics | Enable business users to explore data, build visualizations, and create dashboards without SQL knowledge using LookML models. |
| Data Modeling with LookML | Define reusable data models in LookML that provide a semantic layer between databases and end-user analytics. |
| Embedded Analytics | Embed interactive dashboards, reports, and data explorations directly into web applications using SSO and cookieless authentication. |
| Scheduled Reports | Schedule and deliver reports and dashboards via email, Slack, S3, or custom action destinations. |
| Custom Actions | Build webhook-based actions to send query results to any external destination or trigger workflows. |
| API-Driven Administration | Programmatically manage users, roles, dashboards, queries, and platform settings through the Looker API. |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Executive Dashboards | Build real-time executive dashboards aggregating KPIs from multiple data sources for leadership visibility. |
| Customer-Facing Analytics | Embed analytics into SaaS products to provide customers with self-service reporting and data exploration. |
| Data Governance Reporting | Monitor data quality, usage patterns, and access controls across the organization through audit reports. |
| Marketing Performance Analytics | Analyze campaign performance, attribution, and ROI across marketing channels with unified data models. |
| Operational Monitoring | Track operational metrics and KPIs in real time with automated alerting and scheduled report delivery. |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Google BigQuery | Native optimized connector for querying and analyzing data in Google BigQuery data warehouse. |
| Snowflake | High-performance connector for Snowflake cloud data warehouse with push-down query optimization. |
| Amazon Redshift | Native connector for querying and visualizing data in Amazon Redshift data warehouse. |
| Slack | Deliver scheduled reports and dashboard snapshots to Slack channels with interactive query capabilities. |
| Google Sheets | Export query results and dashboard data directly to Google Sheets for collaborative analysis. |
| Salesforce | Connect to Salesforce data for CRM analytics and combine with other data sources for unified views. |
Machine-readable API specifications organized by format.
Naftiko capabilities organized as shared per-API definitions composed into customer-facing workflows.
- Looker API -- 29 operations for business intelligence management
| Workflow | APIs Combined | Tools | Persona |
|---|---|---|---|
| Analytics and Reporting | Looker API | 21 | Data Analyst |
FN: Kin Lane
Email: kin@apievangelist.com