The Looker API now uses query slug values for query IDs

Note: The change described on this page will be released in phases:

• Looker 24.20: Americas Early customers
• Looker 25.0: Americas Mid customers
• Looker 25.2: Americas Late customers

The following Looker application API methods don't use a numeric query_id value or, in the case of the Query APIs, a numeric id value. The following methods use the query slug value instead.

• Look APIs:

  • Copy Look
  • Create Look
  • Get Look
  • Move Look
  • Search Looks
  • Update Look
  • Get All Looks

• Dashboard APIs:

  • Search Dashboard Elements
  • Get DashboardElement
  • Update DashboardElement
  • Get All DashboardElements
  • Create DashboardElement

• Render Task APIs:

  • Create Look Render Task
  • Create Query Render Task
  • Create Dashboard Render Task
  • Get Render Task
  • Create Dashboard Element Render Task

• Scheduled Plan APIs:

  • Scheduled Plans for Space
  • Get Scheduled Plan
  • Update Scheduled Plan
  • Get All Scheduled Plans
  • Create Scheduled Plan
  • Scheduled Plans for Look
  • Scheduled Plans for Dashboard
  • Scheduled Plans for LookML Dashboard

• Query APIs:

  • Run Query Async
  • Get Query
  • Get Query for Slug
  • Create Query
  • Run Query
  • Get Merge Query
  • Create Merge Query
  • Get All Running Queries

What do I need to do?

The query_id field or, in the case of the Query APIs, the id field, is a string data type. The query_id or id fields now return a query slug value in the API response. That query slug value can then be used in any API requests.

For example, if you were to create a query with the Create Query API, the id would be the query slug in the response. You could then use that id to make a subsequent request.

If you have hard-coded numeric query ID values for any of the listed API methods, you need to update your scripts to use query slug values!

How do I find the slug value for a query?

You can find the slug value for a query in the following ways:

• For an Explore, you can find the slug in the Explore's URL following the qid= variable in the URL.

• You can find the slug value that is associated with a numeric query ID using System Activity.

  Note: To view the System Activity Explores, you must have a role that includes the see_system_activity permission.

  1. From the Looker Explore menu, select the System Activity > History Explore.

  2. From the Query view, select the ID and Link dimensions.

  3. Optionally, add a filter on the ID dimension, and enter the query's numeric query ID in the Query ID filter field.

  4. Click Run.

     

  5. Click the [Query] link next to the numeric query ID in the Explore results to open an Explore based on that numeric query ID.

  6. You can then use the slug in the Explore's URL, which follows the qid= variable in the URL.

How can I tell if we use any of the updated API endpoints?

You can view a list of the API calls that were made to your Looker instance using the API Usage System Activity Explore.

1. From the Looker Explore menu, select the System Activity Explore, and then select the API Usage view.

2. Select the Created Date > Date and Endpoint dimensions and the Total Usage measure.

3. Add a filter on the Endpoint dimension, and, in the filter field, include any of the updated endpoints listed at the beginning of this document that you want to search for.

4. Click Run. Looker will display usage information for those endpoints.