diff --git a/public/app/features/canvas/elements/button.tsx b/public/app/features/canvas/elements/button.tsx
index 6e0a6559e49..482a432b2b8 100644
--- a/public/app/features/canvas/elements/button.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/canvas/elements/button.tsx
@@ -5,19 +5,26 @@ import { DimensionContext } from 'app/features/dimensions/context';
 import { TextDimensionEditor } from 'app/features/dimensions/editors/TextDimensionEditor';
 import { TextDimensionConfig } from 'app/features/dimensions/types';
 import { CanvasElementItem, CanvasElementProps } from '../element';
+import { APIEditor, APIEditorConfig, callApi } from 'app/plugins/panel/canvas/editor/APIEditor';
 
 interface ButtonData {
   text?: string;
+  api?: APIEditorConfig;
 }
 
 interface ButtonConfig {
   text?: TextDimensionConfig;
+  api?: APIEditorConfig;
 }
 
 class ButtonDisplay extends PureComponent<CanvasElementProps<ButtonConfig, ButtonData>> {
   render() {
     const { data } = this.props;
-    const onClick = () => console.log('button being clicked :)');
+    const onClick = () => {
+      if (data?.api) {
+        callApi(data.api);
+      }
+    };
 
     return <Button onClick={onClick}>{data?.text}</Button>;
   }
@@ -43,6 +50,7 @@ export const buttonItem: CanvasElementItem<ButtonConfig, ButtonData> = {
   prepareData: (ctx: DimensionContext, cfg: ButtonConfig) => {
     const data: ButtonData = {
       text: cfg?.text ? ctx.getText(cfg.text).value() : '',
+      api: cfg?.api ?? undefined,
     };
 
     return data;
@@ -51,12 +59,20 @@ export const buttonItem: CanvasElementItem<ButtonConfig, ButtonData> = {
   // Heatmap overlay options
   registerOptionsUI: (builder) => {
     const category = ['Button'];
-    builder.addCustomEditor({
-      category,
-      id: 'textSelector',
-      path: 'config.text',
-      name: 'Text',
-      editor: TextDimensionEditor,
-    });
+    builder
+      .addCustomEditor({
+        category,
+        id: 'textSelector',
+        path: 'config.text',
+        name: 'Text',
+        editor: TextDimensionEditor,
+      })
+      .addCustomEditor({
+        category,
+        id: 'apiSelector',
+        path: 'config.api',
+        name: 'API',
+        editor: APIEditor,
+      });
   },
 };
diff --git a/public/app/features/canvas/elements/icon.tsx b/public/app/features/canvas/elements/icon.tsx
index 1c28ad37afc..53652474c1e 100644
--- a/public/app/features/canvas/elements/icon.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/canvas/elements/icon.tsx
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 import { isString } from 'lodash';
 import { LineConfig } from '../types';
 import { DimensionContext } from 'app/features/dimensions/context';
+import { APIEditor, APIEditorConfig, callApi } from 'app/plugins/panel/canvas/editor/APIEditor';
 
 export interface IconConfig {
   path?: ResourceDimensionConfig;
   fill?: ColorDimensionConfig;
   stroke?: LineConfig;
+  api?: APIEditorConfig;
 }
 
 interface IconData {
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ interface IconData {
   fill: string;
   strokeColor?: string;
   stroke?: number;
+  api?: APIEditorConfig;
 }
 
 // When a stoke is defined, we want the path to be in page units
@@ -40,6 +43,12 @@ export function IconDisplay(props: CanvasElementProps) {
     return null;
   }
 
+  const onClick = () => {
+    if (data?.api) {
+      callApi(data.api);
+    }
+  };
+
   const svgStyle: CSSProperties = {
     fill: data?.fill,
     stroke: data?.strokeColor,
@@ -48,6 +57,7 @@ export function IconDisplay(props: CanvasElementProps) {
 
   return (
     <SVG
+      onClick={onClick}
       src={data.path}
       width={width}
       height={height}
@@ -92,6 +102,7 @@ export const iconItem: CanvasElementItem<IconConfig, IconData> = {
     const data: IconData = {
       path,
       fill: cfg.fill ? ctx.getColor(cfg.fill).value() : '#CCC',
+      api: cfg?.api ?? undefined,
     };
 
     if (cfg.stroke?.width && cfg.stroke.color) {
@@ -151,6 +162,13 @@ export const iconItem: CanvasElementItem<IconConfig, IconData> = {
           fixed: 'grey',
         },
         showIf: (cfg) => Boolean(cfg?.config?.stroke?.width),
+      })
+      .addCustomEditor({
+        category,
+        id: 'apiSelector',
+        path: 'config.api',
+        name: 'API',
+        editor: APIEditor,
       });
   },
 };
diff --git a/public/app/features/canvas/registry.ts b/public/app/features/canvas/registry.ts
index 90084152048..642ef0668e4 100644
--- a/public/app/features/canvas/registry.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/canvas/registry.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Registry } from '@grafana/data';
 import { CanvasElementItem, CanvasElementOptions } from './element';
+import { buttonItem } from './elements/button';
 import { droneFrontItem } from './elements/droneFront';
 import { droneSideItem } from './elements/droneSide';
 import { droneTopItem } from './elements/droneTop';
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_CANVAS_ELEMENT_CONFIG: CanvasElementOptions = {
 export const canvasElementRegistry = new Registry<CanvasElementItem>(() => [
   iconItem, // default for now
   textBoxItem,
+  buttonItem,
   droneTopItem,
   droneFrontItem,
   droneSideItem,
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/canvas/editor/APIEditor.tsx b/public/app/plugins/panel/canvas/editor/APIEditor.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..85ddf302ee2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/canvas/editor/APIEditor.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+import React, { FC, useCallback } from 'react';
+import { Button, InlineField, InlineFieldRow, JSONFormatter, StringValueEditor } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { AppEvents, StandardEditorProps, StandardEditorsRegistryItem, StringFieldConfigSettings } from '@grafana/data';
+import { config, getBackendSrv } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import { appEvents } from 'app/core/core';
+
+export interface APIEditorConfig {
+  endpoint: string;
+  data?: string;
+}
+
+const dummyStringSettings: StandardEditorsRegistryItem<string, StringFieldConfigSettings> = {
+  settings: {},
+} as any;
+
+export const callApi = (api: APIEditorConfig, isTest = false) => {
+  if (api) {
+    getBackendSrv()
+      .fetch({
+        url: api.endpoint!,
+        method: 'POST',
+        data: api.data ?? {},
+      })
+      .subscribe({
+        error: (error: any) => {
+          if (isTest) {
+            appEvents.emit(AppEvents.alertError, ['Error has occurred: ', JSON.stringify(error)]);
+            console.error(error);
+          }
+        },
+        complete: () => {
+          if (isTest) {
+            appEvents.emit(AppEvents.alertSuccess, ['Test successful']);
+          }
+        },
+      });
+  }
+};
+
+export const APIEditor: FC<StandardEditorProps<APIEditorConfig, any, any>> = (props) => {
+  const { value, context, onChange } = props;
+  const labelWidth = 9;
+
+  const onEndpointChange = useCallback(
+    (endpoint) => {
+      onChange({
+        ...value,
+        endpoint,
+      });
+    },
+    [onChange, value]
+  );
+
+  const onDataChange = useCallback(
+    (data) => {
+      onChange({
+        ...value,
+        data,
+      });
+    },
+    [onChange, value]
+  );
+
+  const renderJSON = (data: string) => {
+    try {
+      const json = JSON.parse(data);
+      return <JSONFormatter json={json} />;
+    } catch (error) {
+      return `Invalid JSON provided: ${error.message}`;
+    }
+  };
+
+  const renderTestAPIButton = (api: APIEditorConfig) => {
+    if (api && api.endpoint) {
+      return (
+        <Button onClick={() => callApi(api, true)} title={'Test API'}>
+          Test API
+        </Button>
+      );
+    }
+
+    return;
+  };
+
+  return config.disableSanitizeHtml ? (
+    <>
+      <InlineFieldRow>
+        <InlineField label={'Endpoint'} labelWidth={labelWidth} grow={true}>
+          <StringValueEditor
+            context={context}
+            value={value?.endpoint}
+            onChange={onEndpointChange}
+            item={dummyStringSettings}
+          />
+        </InlineField>
+      </InlineFieldRow>
+      <InlineFieldRow>
+        <InlineField label={'Data'} labelWidth={labelWidth} grow={true}>
+          <StringValueEditor
+            context={context}
+            value={value?.data ?? '{}'}
+            onChange={onDataChange}
+            item={dummyStringSettings}
+          />
+        </InlineField>
+      </InlineFieldRow>
+      {renderTestAPIButton(value)}
+      <br />
+      {renderJSON(value?.data ?? '{}')}
+    </>
+  ) : (
+    <>Must enable disableSanitizeHtml feature flag to access</>
+  );
+};