# Data Explorer / Discourse API issues

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-discourse-api-issues/326055>\
**Category:** Data & reporting\
**Tags:** data-explorer, rest-api\
**Created:** [September 11, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-discourse-api-issues/326055 "2024-09-11T18:27:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-discourse-api-issues/326055/1 "2024-09-11T18:27:57Z")

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1. Is there any way to make a [Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) query accessible via the Discourse API without making the user associated with the API key an admin? (From my experimentation, it seems all API queries are of the form “/admin/plugins/explorer/queries/NNN/run” and non-admins do not appear to have access to “/admin” and below.)

2. In the [Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) UI, I have “Allow groups to access this query” set to a specific group. Despite this, I’ve found that admin users that are _not_ members of the group still have access. Is this expected?

Many thanks in advance!

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