---
title: "View API request logs"
slug: "view-api-request-logs"
tags: ["Site Administrator", "Totara Platform", "How-to"]
updated: 2023-07-05T07:42:30Z
published: 2023-07-05T07:42:30Z
canonical: "totara.help/view-api-request-logs"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# View API request logs

You can view the logs of [API](/18/docs/what-is-the-external-api) requests in two ways. Firstly, you can check the **Logs** page by following these steps:

1. Navigate to *Quick-access menu > Server > Logs*.
2. Click the sources filter (by default this will say **All sources**) and select **API** from the dropdown list. Configure the other filters as required, for example if you want to see the logs for a specific day. If you want logs for only a specific client, you can filter ****All participants**** to the name of the service account used by that client.
3. Click **Get these logs**.

You can then review the table to see all API requests matching your configured filters.

Alternatively, you can see API requests in the site's live logs by navigating to *Quick-access menu > Server > Live logs*. API requests will appear in this table with the value **api** in the **Origin** column.

![Viewing the Logs page filtered to only show API logs.](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/image-1663932724700.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-07T13%3A16%3A12Z&se=2026-11-07T14%3A16%3A12Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=n49LLJnkEWKj8FfaqYO7Rj8cmC8cchPBeECewgyVGpg%3D)

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