Creating a download URL from an explore URL

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Last tested: Sep 12, 2019
 

There is a feature that allows us to format the explore results in different data formats. The way to do so is by placing the format with a period directly before the ? in the url. An example of this is as follows:

https://instance.looker.com/explore/ecommerce/orders.json?qid=6RtsysyjzbLagLEUC0V2fM

Notice the .json right after orders, which is the explore name. The formats that you may use are anything you can use in downloads.

  • csv
  • json
  • html
  • txt
  • md

Important note: This is only for /explore/ endpoints. The /looks endpoint has a different backend and does not support this functionality.

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‎06-14-2021 06:14 PM
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