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Qlik Sense APIs

Qlik Data Connections API

Create and manage data connections to various data sources in Qlik Cloud.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Qlik Data Connections API is one of 82 APIs that Qlik Sense APIs publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Connections, Data, Integration, and REST. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an API reference, and an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 9 operations across 5 paths, and defines 19 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{tenant}.{region}.qlikcloud.com.

9 operations 5 paths 19 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 PATCH4 POST1 PUT

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
Base URL
https://{tenant}.{region}.qlikcloud.com/api/v1/data-connections
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 9

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 9 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 PATCH, 4 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

data-connections 9
GET
/api/v1/data-connections
Gets a list of connections
16 params → 200400500502
POST
/api/v1/data-connections
Creates a new connection. Depending on the fields defined in the request body, credentials embedded (or associated) in the connection can be updated or created.
body → 201400403404409
GET
/api/v1/data-connections/{qID}
Retrieves a connection by connection ID, or by name when the query parameter "type" is set to "connectionname."
8 params → 200400403404500
PATCH
/api/v1/data-connections/{qID}
Patches a connection specified by connection ID (or by name when type=connectionname is set in query).
3 params body → 204400403404409
PUT
/api/v1/data-connections/{qID}
Updates a connection specified by connection ID (or by name when type=connectionname is set in query). Depends on the fields defined in the request body, credentials embedded (or associated) in the c…
3 params body → 204400403404409
DELETE
/api/v1/data-connections/{qID}
Deletes the specified data connection by ID (or by name when type=connectionname is set in query)
3 params → 204403404
POST
/api/v1/data-connections/actions/delete
Delete multiple connections, only available to Admin
body → 207400403
POST
/api/v1/data-connections/actions/duplicate
Duplicate a connection
body → 201400403404409
POST
/api/v1/data-connections/actions/update
Update multiple connections, only available to Admin. When update is to change ownership of a connection, the credentials associated with the connection will NOT be transferred to the new owner, and…
body → 207400403

Schemas 19

The contract defines 19 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ConnectionGet (21 properties), ConnectionCreate (18 properties), ConnectionCreateResponse (17 properties), ConnectionUpdate (15 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ActionDeleteRequest
object
1 property 1 required
ActionDuplicateRequest
object
5 properties 1 required
ActionUpdateRequest
object
1 property 1 required
BulkResponse
object
1 property
ConnectionCreate
object
Schema used to create a connection with given connection string (i.e. qConnectStatement) along with other metadata
18 properties 4 required
ConnectionCreateResponse
object
Essential fields of a connection
17 properties 9 required
ConnectionGet
object
Essential fields of a connection
21 properties 10 required
Connections
object
4 properties
ConnectionUpdate
object
15 properties 5 required
DcaasConnectionCreate
object
Schema used to create a connection using a list of connection properties for given datasource
6 properties 3 required
DcaasConnectionCreateAuthResponse
object
Authentication URL response for OAuth datasources (when authUrlOnly is set to true in request)
1 property 1 required
Error
object
4 properties
Errors
array
Link
object
1 property 1 required
Meta
object
1 property
PatchRequest
array
Privilege
string
Access type allowed on associated data connection
ResponseErrors
object
1 property
TopLevelLink
object
3 properties 1 required

Specification

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Source

qliksense-data-connections.json Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
qliksense:data-connections-api
Base URL
https://{tenant}.{region}.qlikcloud.com/api/v1/data-connections
Docs
https://qlik.dev/apis/rest/data-connections/
Provider
Qlik Sense APIs
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