# Qlik Data credentials API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/qliksense/data-credentials-api/  
**Provider:** Qlik Sense APIs — https://apis.io/providers/qliksense/  
**Base URL:** https://{tenant}.{region}.qlikcloud.com/api/v1/data-credentials/actions/filter-orphan  
**Documentation:** https://qlik.dev/apis/rest/data-credentials/

Qlik Data credentials API is one of 82 APIs that [Qlik Sense APIs](https://apis.io/providers/qliksense/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://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.

Data credentials are the stored credentials leveraged by the data-connections service to connect to external data sources.

## Operations (5)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/api/v1/data-credentials/{qID}` | Gets a credential by ID (or by name when bycredentialname=true is set in query) |
| PATCH | `/api/v1/data-credentials/{qID}` | Patches a credential specified by ID (or by name when bycredentialname=true is set in query) |
| PUT | `/api/v1/data-credentials/{qID}` | Updates a credential specified by ID (or by name when bycredentialname=true is set in query) |
| DELETE | `/api/v1/data-credentials/{qID}` | Deletes the specified credential by ID (or by name when type=credentialname is set in query) |
| POST | `/api/v1/data-credentials/actions/filter-orphan` | Gets list of orphan data credentials (i.e. credentials that are not associated to any data connection) filtering on properties defined in request body |

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://qlik.dev/apis/rest/data-credentials/
- **APIReference** — https://qlik.dev/apis/rest/data-credentials/
- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/qliksense/refs/heads/main/openapi/qliksense-data-credentials.json
- **Overlay** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/qliksense/refs/heads/main/overlays/qliksense-data-credentials-overlay.yaml

## Other Qlik Sense APIs APIs (12)

- [Qlik Engine API](https://apis.io/apis/qliksense/engine-api/)
- [Qlik Server-Side Extension Protocol](https://apis.io/apis/qliksense/server-side-extension/)
- [Qlik Cloud System Events](https://apis.io/apis/qliksense/system-events/)
- [Qlik MCP Server](https://apis.io/apis/qliksense/mcp-server/)
- [Qlik Apps API](https://apis.io/apis/qliksense/analytics-apps-api/)
- [Qlik Change stores API](https://apis.io/apis/qliksense/analytics-change-stores-api/)
- [Qlik Adaptive cards API](https://apis.io/apis/qliksense/analytics-discovery-agent-adaptive-cards-api/)
- [Qlik ODAG apps API](https://apis.io/apis/qliksense/analytics-odag-apps-api/)
- [Qlik ODAG links API](https://apis.io/apis/qliksense/analytics-odag-links-api/)
- [Qlik ODAG requests API](https://apis.io/apis/qliksense/analytics-odag-requests-api/)
- [Qlik ODAG settings API](https://apis.io/apis/qliksense/analytics-odag-settings-api/)
- [Qlik API keys API](https://apis.io/apis/qliksense/api-keys-api/)

## Tags

Business Intelligence, Data, REST

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