Shared Data Views: Give Anyone a Live Window Into Your Data
Create public, read-only pages for your datasets with custom branding, filters, and no authentication required for viewers.
Share your data without sharing your credentials
Sometimes you need to share a filtered view of your data with a teammate, client, or stakeholder — but handing out API keys isn't an option. Shared Data Views let you create public, read-only pages for any dataset with just a few clicks.
Each shared view gets a unique, unguessable URL that anyone can access without authentication. You control what data is visible, how it's filtered, and how the page looks.
Creating a shared view
- 1 Navigate to your dataset's detail page from the Dashboard.
- 2 Click the Create Shared View button in the sharing section.
- 3 Configure optional filters, sorts, and display settings.
- 4 Copy the generated link and share it with anyone.
The shared page URL looks like https://csv-api.com/s/abc123token — short, clean, and easy to share via email, Slack, or embed in documentation.
Customizing the appearance
Shared views support plan-gated customization options to match your brand:
| Feature | Available on |
|---|---|
| Basic shared view (default styling) | All plans |
| Custom page title and accent color | Starter and above |
| Custom logo | Pro and above |
Customization options let you create branded data pages that look professional when sharing with external stakeholders.
Pre-filtered views
You can configure filters and sorts on a shared view so recipients only see the data that's relevant to them. For example:
- Share only Q1 sales data with your finance team by filtering on date range
- Give a client a view of their orders only by filtering on customer name
- Create a public product catalog sorted by price, excluding out-of-stock items
Recipients see an interactive data table with pagination and can even use the prompt bar to ask natural language questions about the visible data.
Rate limiting and quotas
Shared view requests count against the dataset owner's rate limits and plan quotas — not the viewer's. This means:
- Viewers don't need an account or API key
- Your API request hourly limit applies to shared view traffic
- Prompt queries on shared views also count against your prompt quota
Tip: If you expect high traffic on a shared view, consider upgrading to a plan with higher rate limits to avoid interruptions for your viewers.
Managing and revoking shared views
You can update or delete a shared view at any time from your dataset's detail page:
- Update a shared view to change filters, sort order, or customization options
- Delete a shared view to instantly revoke access — the shared URL will return a 404
Deleting the parent dataset also removes all associated shared views.