> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.spice.ai/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.spice.ai/api/runtime-apis/sql-query/http-api.md).

# HTTP API

Data may be queried by posting SQL to the `/v1/sql` API and `/v1/firesql` API for Firecached data. For documentation on the Spice Firecache see [Broken mention](broken://pages/q4t8COjPZrT3eUwQXMBw).

See [Tables](broken://pages/raer32Dk4PPuKbzd1GLs) for a list of tables to query or browse the example queries listed in the menu.

#### Requirements and limitations

* An API key is required for all SQL queries.
* Results are limited to 500 rows. Use the [Apache Arrow Flight API](/api/runtime-apis/sql-query/apache-arrow-flight-api.md) to fetch up to 1M rows in a single query or the [Async HTTP API](broken://pages/INalDm4gLljuBB16j2bY) to fetch results with paging.
* Requests are limited to 90 seconds.

## SQL Query

> Execute a SQL query and return the results.\n\nThis endpoint allows users to execute SQL queries directly from an HTTP request. The SQL query is sent as plain text in the request body.

```json
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```


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