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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.

7 operations 4 paths 8 schemas 1 DELETE4 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
2025.11.0
Server
https://{server}/api/about/v1
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

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.

Data Connection 7

Manage data connections used by Qlik Sense applications for loading data from external sources

GET
/dataconnection
Qlik Sense Enterprise List data connections
getDataConnections 4 params → 200401
POST
/dataconnection
Qlik Sense Enterprise Create data connection
createDataConnection 1 param body → 201400401
GET
/dataconnection/full
Qlik Sense Enterprise List data connections with full details
getDataConnectionsFull 4 params → 200401
GET
/dataconnection/count
Qlik Sense Enterprise Count data connections
getDataConnectionsCount 2 params → 200401
GET
/dataconnection/{id}
Qlik Sense Enterprise Get data connection by ID
getDataConnection 3 params → 200404401
PUT
/dataconnection/{id}
Qlik Sense Enterprise Update data connection
updateDataConnection 2 params body → 200404409401
DELETE
/dataconnection/{id}
Qlik Sense Enterprise Delete data connection
deleteDataConnection 2 params → 204404401

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.

UserCondensed
object
5 properties
DataConnectionCondensed
object
5 properties
TagCondensed
object
3 properties
EntityCount
object
1 property
DataConnection
object
17 properties 3 required
Error
object
1 property
CustomPropertyValue
object
3 properties
DataConnectionCreate
object
7 properties 3 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

qlik-sense-enterprise-data-connection-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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Qlik Sense Engine JSON API
Qlik Sense Capabilities
Qlik Sense Enterprise About API
Qlik Sense Enterprise Access Type API
Qlik Sense Enterprise App API
Qlik Sense Enterprise App Object API
Qlik Sense Enterprise Components API
Qlik Sense Enterprise Content Library API
Qlik Sense Enterprise Custom Property API
Qlik Sense Enterprise Extension API
Qlik Sense Enterprise External URLs API
Qlik Sense Enterprise Health API