# API references which queries data from Data Source

**URL:** <https://community.grafana.com/t/api-references-which-queries-data-from-data-source/50194>\
**Category:** Configuration\
**Tags:** plugins, api\
**Created:** [July 9, 2021, 3:20am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/api-references-which-queries-data-from-data-source/50194 "2021-07-09T03:20:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![anujprashantmca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@anujprashantmca](https://community.grafana.com/u/anujprashantmca)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 3:20am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/api-references-which-queries-data-from-data-source/50194/1 "2021-07-09T03:20:17Z")

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I am new to grafana. I wanted to understand about the API calls which is triggered by Grafana UI while a user clicks to view a dashboard.  
What is the request/response format which queries the data out from the configured datasource ?