How AI is applied across API Evangelist and APIs.io. Read my AI disclosure →
API Evangelist API Evangelist
Discovery
Learnings
Guidance
Toolbox
Alignment
API Evangelist LLC
Discovery
Learnings
Guidance
Toolbox
Alignment
API Evangelist LLC

Need help?

Contact us
Qlik Sense APIs

Qlik Data files API

Data files represent the flat file storage associated with spaces in your Qlik Cloud tenant. Each space will have a corresponding data files connection, which you can list with data-connections.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Qlik Data files 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 Business Intelligence, Data, and REST. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an API reference, and an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 12 operations across 9 paths, and defines 25 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0.

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

12 operations 9 paths 25 schemas 1 DELETE5 GET5 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

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

Paths & Operations 12

Across 9 paths, the API surfaces 12 operations — 1 DELETE, 5 GET, 5 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

datafiles 12
GET
/api/v1/data-files
Get descriptive info for the specified data files.
17 params → 200400403
POST
/api/v1/data-files
Upload a new data file or create a new folder.
body → 201400403409413423501
GET
/api/v1/data-files/{id}
Get descriptive info for the specified data file.
1 param → 200400403404
PUT
/api/v1/data-files/{id}
Re-upload an existing data file or update an existing folder.
1 param body → 201400403404409413423
DELETE
/api/v1/data-files/{id}
Delete the specified data file or folder. Deleting a folder will also recursively delete all files and subfolders that reside within the specified folder.
1 param → 204400403404
POST
/api/v1/data-files/{id}/actions/change-owner
Change the owner of an existing data file or folder.
1 param body → 204400403404409423
POST
/api/v1/data-files/{id}/actions/change-space
Change the space that an existing data file or folder resides in.
1 param body → 204400403404409423
POST
/api/v1/data-files/actions/change-space
Change the spaces that a set of existing data files or folders reside in a a single batch.
body → 207400
POST
/api/v1/data-files/actions/delete
Delete the specified set of data files and/or folders as a single batch.
body → 207400
GET
/api/v1/data-files/connections
Get the list of built-in connections used by the engine to load/write data files.
8 params → 200400403
GET
/api/v1/data-files/connections/{id}
Get the built-in connection used by the engine to load/write data files given a connection ID.
1 param → 200403404
GET
/api/v1/data-files/quotas
Get quota information for the calling user.
→ 200400403

Schemas 25

The contract defines 25 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are DataFileUploadResponse (16 properties), FolderStatsResponse (11 properties), SpaceStatsResponse (11 properties), QuotaResponse (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

BatchChangeSpaceItem
object
2 properties 1 required
BatchDeleteAllBySpaceItem
object
1 property 1 required
BatchDeleteItem
object
1 property 1 required
ChangeDataFileOwnerRequest
object
1 property 1 required
ChangeDataFileSpaceRequest
object
1 property
ConnectionsResponse
object
6 properties 4 required
DataFileBatchChangeSpaceRequest
object
Specifies the list of data file change space operations in a single batch.
1 property 1 required
DataFileBatchDeleteRequest
object
3 properties 1 required
DataFilePermission
string
Members:
DataFileUploadResponse
object
16 properties 7 required
ErrorCode
string
Fine-grained error codes for data-files REST operations. For operations which do not have a more fine-grained error code, the error code is set to the HTTP sta…
ErrorResponse
object
1 property 1 required
ErrorResponseItem
object
3 properties 1 required
FolderStatsResponse
object
11 properties 11 required
GetConnectionsResponse
object
2 properties 2 required
GetConnectionsSortField
string
Members:
GetDataFileInfosResponse
object
2 properties 2 required
GetDataFileInfosSortField
string
Members:
LinkResponse
object
1 property
LinksResponse
object
3 properties 3 required
MultiStatusResponse
object
1 property 1 required
MultiStatusResponseItem
object
5 properties 3 required
PutDataFileFolderMergeBehavior
string
If a SourceId is specified, and a folder is being updated by this PUT operation, this specifies how the source folder contents should be applied to the target…
QuotaResponse
object
6 properties 6 required
SpaceStatsResponse
object
11 properties 11 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

qliksense-data-files.json Raw ↑

Other APIs Qlik Sense APIs publishes across the network.

Qlik Engine API
AE Profile APIs.io
Qlik Server-Side Extension Protocol
AE Profile APIs.io
Qlik Cloud System Events
AE Profile APIs.io
Qlik MCP Server
AE Profile APIs.io
Qlik Apps API
AE Profile APIs.io
Qlik Change stores API
AE Profile APIs.io
Qlik Adaptive cards API
AE Profile APIs.io
Qlik ODAG apps API
AE Profile APIs.io
Qlik ODAG links API
AE Profile APIs.io
Qlik ODAG requests API
AE Profile APIs.io
Qlik ODAG settings API
AE Profile APIs.io
Qlik API keys API
AE Profile APIs.io
#Business Intelligence#Data#REST
← Back to Q APIs
API Details
ID
qliksense:data-files-api
Base URL
https://{tenant}.{region}.qlikcloud.com/api/v1/data-files
Docs
https://qlik.dev/apis/rest/data-files/
Provider
Qlik Sense APIs
APIs.io →  GitHub →
Explore more
All APIs Providers APIs.io Network
Work with this as data

Every API here is available over the API and to AI agents over MCP. APIs is not yet its own endpoint on the v1 API. Reach this content through network search and the tag graph, or the MCP server below.

Installs https://mcp.apievangelist.com/mcp in Claude, Cursor, VS Code and the rest — one button, every client.

MCP tools for apis
4 tools reach this content
  • search_api_evangelistSearch every content type across the network at once.
  • find_relatedThe shared-tag relevance graph — what else covers this.
  • get_tagEverything one tag labels, across all content types.
  • guide_topicPRO — a curated bundle for a topic: area, guidance, rules, papers, stories, services.
All tools & prompts
Call it yourself
curl for this page
Search the network for this 
curl "https://api.apievangelist.com/v1/search?q=data-files-api&limit=10"
Everything under a tag 
curl "https://api.apievangelist.com/v1/tags/data-files-api"

Discovery needs no key. Full bodies and the synthesis endpoints are Pro.

Get an API key

Free tier, no email required. Sign in with whichever identity you already have.

GitHub Google LinkedIn

A second provider on the same verified email joins the account you already have. Your account

Where this information came from

This is an independent, third-party profile of Qlik Data files API, published by API Evangelist. We do not operate, host, resell, or support these APIs, and we are not affiliated with or endorsed by the company unless stated above. Everything here is built from publicly available information — the company's own site, developer portal, documentation, public repositories, and the specifications it publishes for public use. Nothing is obtained by breaching a system, defeating an access control, or using credentials.

The Kin Score and Agent Readiness rating are independently calculated assessments of a company's public API artifacts, scored against a published rubric. They are not certifications, endorsements, security assessments, or audits.

Corrections, re-scores, and removal are free — no partnership or purchase required, and you do not need to justify the request. A removed company is recorded as unrated, never scored zero for having asked. Acknowledgement within one business day; removal within two.

info@apievangelist.com · Read the full data-sourcing policy →
On a security or compliance team? Put security in the subject line and you will get a person, not a form — we will tell you exactly which public URLs this profile was built from.