# Vega: Datasource external to elasticsearch

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vega-datasource-external-to-elasticsearch/286742
**Category:** Kibana
**Tags:** vega
**Created:** [October 14, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vega-datasource-external-to-elasticsearch/286742 "2021-10-14T14:48:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Vishal\_Patil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vishal_patil/32/94495_2.png) [@Vishal\_Patil](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vishal_Patil)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vega-datasource-external-to-elasticsearch/286742/1 "2021-10-14T14:48:11Z")

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Is it possible to create a Vega/Vega-lite chart in Kibana with an external API endpoint that returns json data ?

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### Author: ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2021, 1:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vega-datasource-external-to-elasticsearch/286742/2 "2021-10-15T01:11:51Z")

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Not from within Kibana, no.

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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 12, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vega-datasource-external-to-elasticsearch/286742/3 "2021-11-12T01:12:53Z")

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