Metabase

Metabase Cards API

Saved questions used to power dashboards and embedded analytics.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Metabase Cards API
  description: The Metabase API provides programmatic access to Metabase, an open source business intelligence and analytics platform. It allows developers to manage dashboards, questions (cards), collections, databases, users, permissions, and to execute queries against connected data sources.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Metabase
    url: https://www.metabase.com
  license:
    name: AGPL-3.0
    url: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html
servers:
- url: https://your-metabase-instance.com/api
  description: Self-hosted or cloud Metabase instance
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
- SessionAuth: []
tags:
- name: Cards
  description: Saved questions used to power dashboards and embedded analytics.
paths:
  /card:
    get:
      tags:
      - Cards
      summary: List saved questions (cards)
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of cards.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Card'
    post:
      tags:
      - Cards
      summary: Create a card
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CardInput'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Card created.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Card'
  /card/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Cards
      summary: Get a card
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/IdParam'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A card.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Card'
  /card/{id}/query:
    post:
      tags:
      - Cards
      summary: Execute a card's query
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/IdParam'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Query result.
components:
  parameters:
    IdParam:
      in: path
      name: id
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
  schemas:
    CardInput:
      type: object
      required:
      - name
      - dataset_query
      - display
      - visualization_settings
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        dataset_query:
          type: object
        display:
          type: string
        visualization_settings:
          type: object
        collection_id:
          type: integer
          nullable: true
    Card:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        name:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        database_id:
          type: integer
        collection_id:
          type: integer
          nullable: true
        dataset_query:
          type: object
        display:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-api-key
    SessionAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Metabase-Session