# Create a Data Explorer query using the API

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-data-explorer-query-using-the-api/394388>\
**Category:** Integrations\
**Tags:** data-explorer, rest-api, how-to\
**Created:** [January 26, 2026, 11:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-data-explorer-query-using-the-api/394388 "2026-01-26T23:27:26Z")\
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> [@murphyke](#):
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> Our tooling broke because of that path change

That was annoying.

> [@murphyke](#):
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> also the change to require a Global API key instead of a Read-only API key, which used to be sufficient.

That sounds like a bug.

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