REST Connector

The Qlik REST Connector enables Qlik Sense and QlikView to efficiently load data into Qlik apps from a REST data source. Many web-based data sources expose data through a REST API. The Qlik REST Connector is a generic connector, that is, it is not tailored to a specific REST data source.

There are variations in the way the REST API is implemented by different data sources that use it. Users must learn the requirements of each data source. The Qlik REST Connector provides connection options to accommodate those varied requirements. To help understand how to use those options, documentation for the REST Connector includes use cases that illustrate how to load data from different REST sources.

Setting up selected REST sources for data loading

Using pagination with selected REST sources

To access data, the user must have authorization with current access credentials to the data source. Once a connection to a REST data source has been created, data can be selected from tables available to the user’s account and then loaded into an app where it can be used in visualizations.

Qlik Sense deployment

The Qlik REST Connector is built into Qlik Sense. This means that when you install Qlik Sense, the REST connector is immediately available in the Data Manager and the Data load editor.

Check the Release Notes for details on compatibility and version history.

QlikView deployment

The Qlik REST Connector must be installed manually for QlikView.

Check the Release Notes for details on compatibility and version history. For QlikView version compatibility, see: System requirements for QlikView.

Supported REST data types

The REST Connector supports the following data types:

• JSON data
• XML data
• CSV files

Supported REST authentication methods

The REST Connector supports the following authentication methods:

• Windows authentication
• Basic and Digest authentication schema
• X509 certificates

The REST Connector does not support OAuth schema authentication.