Looker (Google Cloud core) API
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Service: looker.googleapis.com
To call this service, we recommend that you use the Google-provided client libraries. If your application needs to use your own libraries to call this service, use the following information when you make the API requests.
Discovery document
A Discovery Document is a machine-readable specification for describing and consuming REST APIs. It is used to build client libraries, IDE plugins, and other tools that interact with Google APIs. One service may provide multiple discovery documents. This service provides the following discovery document:
Service endpoint
A service endpoint is a base URL that specifies the network address of an API service. One service might have multiple service endpoints. This service has the following service endpoint and all URIs below are relative to this service endpoint:
https://looker.googleapis.com
| Methods |
get |
GET /v1/{name=projects/*/locations/*}
Gets information about a location. |
list |
GET /v1/{name=projects/*}/locations
Lists information about the supported locations for this service. |
| Methods |
create |
POST /v1/{parent=projects/*/locations/*}/instances
Creates a new Instance in a given project and location. |
delete |
DELETE /v1/{name=projects/*/locations/*/instances/*}
Delete instance. |
export |
POST /v1/{name=projects/*/locations/*/instances/*}:export
Export instance. |
get |
GET /v1/{name=projects/*/locations/*/instances/*}
Gets details of a single Instance. |
import |
POST /v1/{name=projects/*/locations/*/instances/*}:import
Import instance. |
list |
GET /v1/{parent=projects/*/locations/*}/instances
Lists Instances in a given project and location. |
patch |
PATCH /v1/{instance.name=projects/*/locations/*/instances/*}
Update Instance. |
restart |
POST /v1/{name=projects/*/locations/*/instances/*}:restart
Restart instance. |
restore |
POST /v1/{name=projects/*/locations/*/instances/*}:restore
Restore Looker instance. |
undelete |
POST /v1/{name=projects/*/locations/*/instances/*}:undelete
Undeletes Looker instance. |
| Methods |
create |
POST /v1/{parent=projects/*/locations/*/instances/*}/backups
Backup Looker instance. |
delete |
DELETE /v1/{name=projects/*/locations/*/instances/*/backups/*}
Delete backup. |
get |
GET /v1/{name=projects/*/locations/*/instances/*/backups/*}
|
list |
GET /v1/{parent=projects/*/locations/*/instances/*}/backups
List backups of Looker instance. |
| Methods |
cancel |
POST /v1/{name=projects/*/locations/*/operations/*}:cancel
Starts asynchronous cancellation on a long-running operation. |
delete |
DELETE /v1/{name=projects/*/locations/*/operations/*}
Deletes a long-running operation. |
get |
GET /v1/{name=projects/*/locations/*/operations/*}
Gets the latest state of a long-running operation. |
list |
GET /v1/{name=projects/*/locations/*}/operations
Lists operations that match the specified filter in the request. |
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Last updated 2026-07-14 UTC.
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