Python examples of how to use the Looker API
- A simple Looker API 3.0 SDK
- A sample config.yml file for collecting API Tokens/Secrets
- Sample files of various tasks using the API
Moving Looks: https://discourse.looker.com/t/moving-a-look-between-looker-servers-using-the-looker-api-and-the-python-requests-library/
- Copy at minimum the configration_sample.yml and lookerapi.py files.
- Change the config_sample.yml to config.yml and update with your credentials
- Run any file in the shell with
python <<filename>>
| File | Description | How to |
|---|---|---|
| delete_look.py | Illustrates how to delete a look or a list of looks delimited by newlines | Make sure you have the host in your config.yml file and adjust the source look variables at the top of the script. |
| delete_dashboard.py | Illustrated how to delete a dashboard or a list of dashboards delimited by newlines | Make sure you have the host in your config.yml file and adjust the source look variables at the top of the script. |
| get_look.py | Illustrates how to get the data from a look | Make sure you have the host in your config.yml file and adjust the source look variables at the top of the script. |
| move_look.py | Illustrates how to move a look between servers, or between the same server | Make sure you have both hosts in your config.yml file and adjust the source look, destination space variables at the top of the script. |
| get_data_dictionary.py | Put together a list of each field, and various attributes in your data model, this outputs a CSV | Make sure your host is configured in the config.yml file |
| update_user.py | Update user parameters with a CSV | In the script, reference a CSV which maps individual user IDs to whichever user parameters you would like to update. Use the /users/{user_id}/credentials_email endpoint to update email/password login information. |