# How to read a dashboard in kibana with API? **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [May 17, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-read-a-dashboard-in-kibana-with-api/359740 "2024-05-17T22:10:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wassidi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@wassidi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wassidi)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-read-a-dashboard-in-kibana-with-api/359740/1 "2024-05-17T22:10:49Z")
Hello, i'm new to kibana / elasticsearch and i want to extract data from a kibana dashboard using the API ( if possible ) , the kibana dashboard contains multiple graphs , i want to extract data from each graph individually , is this possible ? if yes, is there any documenttaion or source to read from about this, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Hemanth\_Gowda](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hemanth_gowda/32/23886_2.png) [@Hemanth\_Gowda](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Hemanth_Gowda)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-read-a-dashboard-in-kibana-with-api/359740/2 "2024-05-18T14:50:19Z")
There will be a inspect option for each visualization in kibana dashboard which shows you the request and response. It is describe in at the end of below blog. > **[Debugging Kibana Dashboards](https://www.elastic.co/blog/debugging-kibana-dashboards)** > > Diagnosing Kibana dashboard performance issues is tricky. This blog introduces how Elastic APM, Kibana Inspector, Chrome Developer Tools and the Elasticsearch Slow Log can help investigate and diagnos... ---
**Author:** ![nickpeihl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nickpeihl/32/112622_2.png) [@nickpeihl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nickpeihl)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-read-a-dashboard-in-kibana-with-api/359740/3 "2024-05-21T19:58:27Z")
@Hemanth_Gowda is correct. The best way to view the data from the panels is with the Inspect flyout. There is currently no way to retrieve this from an API, but we have an [existing feature request](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/175487). ---
**Author:** ![wassidi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@wassidi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wassidi)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-read-a-dashboard-in-kibana-with-api/359740/4 "2024-05-21T20:12:01Z")
Thank you for your answer @nickpeihl ! as far as i know kibana takes data from elasticsearch, so its possible to retrieve this data using an api