# How to read realtime data from any API

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-read-realtime-data-from-any-api/103939>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [October 13, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-read-realtime-data-from-any-api/103939 "2017-10-13T18:09:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![mounika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@mounika](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mounika)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-read-realtime-data-from-any-api/103939/1 "2017-10-13T18:09:27Z")

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Hi,

I want to read data from an API in the realtime. I mean, I don't want to store that data anywhere, sometime the old data gets updated with the new data, and I want to show only the latest realtime data always. how can I do this in Kibana?  
can someone please help me?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Bargs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bargs/32/5429_2.png) [@Bargs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bargs)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-read-realtime-data-from-any-api/103939/2 "2017-10-13T20:12:38Z")

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Kibana only talks to Elasticsearch, so you would need to store the data in Elasticsearch.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-read-realtime-data-from-any-api/103939/3 "2017-11-10T20:12:59Z")

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