Qlik Sense Enterprise Data Connection API
Manage data connections used by Qlik Sense applications for loading data from external sources
Qlik Sense Enterprise Data Connection API is one of 32 APIs that Qlik Sense Enterprise publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Data Connection. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and authentication docs.
This API exposes 7 operations across 4 paths, and defines 8 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 2025.11.0.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{server}/api/about/v1.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Qlik Sense Enterprise Data Connection API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as X-Qlik-Xrfkey (xrfkey).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
xrfkey— Cross-site request forgery prevention key. Must be 16 arbitrary characters and must match the Xrfkey query parameter.
Paths & Operations 7
Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 1 DELETE, 4 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Manage data connections used by Qlik Sense applications for loading data from external sources
Schemas 8
The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are DataConnection (17 properties), DataConnectionCreate (7 properties), UserCondensed (5 properties), DataConnectionCondensed (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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