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REST data sources

The Qlik REST Connector enables Qlik Sense SaaS to efficiently load data into 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 Conector REST 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.

Nota informativaThis data source is not available in Qlik Sense Business or Analítica Estándar de Qlik Cloud.

Accessing REST sources via Pasarela de datos Direct Access de Qlik

The REST connector appears twice in the Create data connection dialog. Once as REST and once as REST (via Direct Access gateway), which is the one you need to select. Pasarela de datos Direct Access de Qlik eliminates the need to open inbound firewall ports, allowing Qlik Sense SaaS applications to securely access firewalled data. If your REST data sources are located behind a firewall and can be accessed via Pasarela de datos Direct Access de Qlik, it is strongly recommended to connect to them via the Direct Access gateway.

Nota informativaUsers that need to leverage gateway-enabled data connections must have the Can Consume Data permission for the space in which the gateway resides.

For more information on Pasarela de datos Direct Access de Qlik, see Data gateways.

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.

Supported REST Connector ciphers

When making use of the TLS Cipher Suite, only the following ciphers can be used with the REST Connector:

  • ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384

  • ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256

  • ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384

  • ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256

  • ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384

  • ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256

  • ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384

  • ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256

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