# Qlik Data files API

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

Qlik Data files 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 files represent the flat file storage associated with spaces in your Qlik Cloud tenant. Each space will have a corresponding data files connection, which you can list with data-connections.

## Operations (12)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/api/v1/data-files` | Get descriptive info for the specified data files. |
| POST | `/api/v1/data-files` | Upload a new data file or create a new folder. |
| GET | `/api/v1/data-files/{id}` | Get descriptive info for the specified data file. |
| PUT | `/api/v1/data-files/{id}` | Re-upload an existing data file or update an existing folder. |
| DELETE | `/api/v1/data-files/{id}` | Delete the specified data file or folder. Deleting a folder will also recursively delete all files and subfolders that reside within the specified folder. |
| POST | `/api/v1/data-files/{id}/actions/change-owner` | Change the owner of an existing data file or folder. |
| POST | `/api/v1/data-files/{id}/actions/change-space` | Change the space that an existing data file or folder resides in. |
| POST | `/api/v1/data-files/actions/change-space` | Change the spaces that a set of existing data files or folders reside in a a single batch. |
| POST | `/api/v1/data-files/actions/delete` | Delete the specified set of data files and/or folders as a single batch. |
| GET | `/api/v1/data-files/connections` | Get the list of built-in connections used by the engine to load/write data files. |
| GET | `/api/v1/data-files/connections/{id}` | Get the built-in connection used by the engine to load/write data files given a connection ID. |
| GET | `/api/v1/data-files/quotas` | Get quota information for the calling user. |

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

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