---
title: "looker-get-project-file"
type: docs
weight: 1
description: >
  A "looker-get-project-file" tool returns the contents of a LookML fle.
---

## About

A `looker-get-project-file` tool returns the contents of a LookML file.

`looker-get-project-file` accepts a project_id parameter and a file_path parameter.

## Compatible Sources

{{< compatible-sources >}}

## Example

```yaml
kind: tool
name: get_project_file
type: looker-get-project-file
source: looker-source
description: |
  This tool retrieves the raw content of a specific LookML file from within a project.

  Parameters:
  - project_id (required): The unique ID of the LookML project, obtained from `get_projects`.
  - file_path (required): The path to the LookML file within the project,
    typically obtained from `get_project_files`.

  Output:
  The raw text content of the specified LookML file.
```

## Reference

| **field**   | **type** | **required** | **description**                                    |
|-------------|:--------:|:------------:|----------------------------------------------------|
| type        |  string  |     true     | Must be "looker-get-project-file".                 |
| source      |  string  |     true     | Name of the source Looker instance.                |
| description |  string  |     true     | Description of the tool that is passed to the LLM. |
