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Qlik Sense Enterprise User Directory API

Manage user directory connectors and synchronization settings

Qlik Sense Enterprise User Directory 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 User Directory. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 4 operations across 3 paths, and defines 6 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.

4 operations 3 paths 6 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 POST

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 User Directory 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 4

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

User Directory 4

Manage user directory connectors and synchronization settings

GET
/userdirectory
Qlik Sense Enterprise List user directories
getUserDirectories 3 params → 200401
GET
/userdirectory/{id}
Qlik Sense Enterprise Get user directory by ID
getUserDirectory 2 params → 200404401
DELETE
/userdirectory/{id}
Qlik Sense Enterprise Delete user directory and users
deleteUserDirectory 2 params → 204404401
POST
/userdirectory/syncuserdirectories
Qlik Sense Enterprise Synchronize user directories
syncUserDirectories 1 param body → 204401

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are UserDirectory (12 properties), CustomPropertyValue (7 properties), UserDirectoryCondensed (5 properties), CustomPropertyCondensed (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

TagCondensed
object
3 properties
UserDirectory
object
12 properties
CustomPropertyCondensed
object
4 properties
UserDirectoryCondensed
object
5 properties
CustomPropertyValue
object
7 properties
Error
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

qlik-sense-enterprise-user-directory-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Qlik Sense Enterprise publishes across the network.

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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 Data Connection API
Qlik Sense Enterprise Extension API
Qlik Sense Enterprise External URLs API