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Qlik Sense Enterprise Authentication

Authentication

Qlik Sense Enterprise secures its APIs with apiKey, http, and mutualTLS across 3 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

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Methods: apiKey, http, mutualTLS Schemes: 3 OAuth flows: API key in: header

Security Schemes

xrfkey apiKey
· in: header (X-Qlik-Xrfkey)
certificate mutualTLS
windowsAuth http
scheme: negotiate

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/qlik-sense-enterprise-about-service-openapi.yml, openapi/qlik-sense-enterprise-data-connection-openapi.yml,
  openapi/qlik-sense-enterprise-licenses-openapi.yml, openapi/qlik-sense-enterprise-odag-service-openapi.yml,
  openapi/qlik-sense-enterprise-proxy-service-openapi.yml, openapi/qlik-sense-enterprise-repository-service-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - http
  - mutualTLS
  api_key_in:
  - header
schemes:
- name: xrfkey
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: X-Qlik-Xrfkey
  description: Cross-site request forgery prevention key. Must be 16 arbitrary characters and
    must match the Xrfkey query parameter.
  sources:
  - openapi/qlik-sense-enterprise-about-service-openapi.yml
  - openapi/qlik-sense-enterprise-data-connection-openapi.yml
  - openapi/qlik-sense-enterprise-licenses-openapi.yml
  - openapi/qlik-sense-enterprise-odag-service-openapi.yml
  - openapi/qlik-sense-enterprise-proxy-service-openapi.yml
  - openapi/qlik-sense-enterprise-repository-service-openapi.yml
- name: certificate
  type: mutualTLS
  description: Client certificate authentication for direct QRS access on port 4242.
  sources:
  - openapi/qlik-sense-enterprise-data-connection-openapi.yml
  - openapi/qlik-sense-enterprise-licenses-openapi.yml
  - openapi/qlik-sense-enterprise-proxy-service-openapi.yml
  - openapi/qlik-sense-enterprise-repository-service-openapi.yml
- name: windowsAuth
  type: http
  scheme: negotiate
  description: Windows Integrated Authentication (NTLM/Kerberos) used when connecting via the
    Qlik Sense Proxy Service.
  sources:
  - openapi/qlik-sense-enterprise-repository-service-openapi.yml