qrs-api-client (Qlik Sense Repository API Client)

Python client for Qlik Sense Repository Service API.

Forked from clintcarr/qrspy.

Requirements

• Python 3.9+
• requests >= 2.32.3

Optional:

• requests_ntlm >= 1.2.0 — only required for NTLM authentication

Installation

# Minimal install (certificate authentication only)
pip install qrs-api-client

# With NTLM authentication support
pip install qrs-api-client[ntlm]

Connecting using certificates

Export the Qlik Sense certificates in PEM format from the Qlik Sense Enterprise server to a local folder before running the code.

from qrs_api_client import QRSClient, AuthManager

auth_manager = AuthManager(
    cert_path="<path_to_certificates>/client.pem",
    key_path="<path_to_certificates>/client_key.pem",
    root_cert_path="<path_to_certificates>/root.pem",
)

client = QRSClient(
    server_name="<server_name>",
    server_port=4242,
    auth_manager=auth_manager,
    auth_method="certificate",
    verify_ssl=True,
)

about = client.get("/qrs/about/api/description", {"extended": "false", "method": "POST"})
if about:
    print(about)
else:
    print("API request error.")

Connecting using NTLM

Install with the ntlm extra: pip install qrs-api-client[ntlm].

from qrs_api_client import QRSClient, AuthManager

auth_manager = AuthManager(
    user_id="<DOMAIN>\\<user_id>",
    password="<password>",
    root_cert_path="<path_to_certificates>/root.pem",
)

client = QRSClient(
    server_name="<server_name>",
    server_port=443,
    auth_manager=auth_manager,
    auth_method="ntlm",
    verify_ssl=False,
)

about = client.get("/qrs/about/api/description", {"extended": "false", "method": "POST"})
print(about)

Loading configuration from environment variables or .env files

qrs-api-client does not load any configuration automatically. This keeps it a clean, predictable library — you are in full control of where credentials come from.

A common pattern is to store credentials in environment variables or a .env file and load them in your own application code:

pip install python-dotenv

# .env in your project folder (add this to .gitignore!)
QLIK_CERT_PATH=/path/to/client.pem
QLIK_KEY_PATH=/path/to/client_key.pem
QLIK_ROOT_CERT_PATH=/path/to/root.pem
QLIK_SERVER_NAME=qliksense.example.com
QLIK_SERVER_PORT=4242

import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from qrs_api_client import QRSClient, AuthManager

load_dotenv()

auth_manager = AuthManager(
    cert_path=os.environ["QLIK_CERT_PATH"],
    key_path=os.environ["QLIK_KEY_PATH"],
    root_cert_path=os.environ["QLIK_ROOT_CERT_PATH"],
)

client = QRSClient(
    server_name=os.environ["QLIK_SERVER_NAME"],
    server_port=int(os.environ["QLIK_SERVER_PORT"]),
    auth_manager=auth_manager,
    auth_method="certificate",
    verify_ssl=True,
)

Any other config source (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, YAML files, command-line arguments) works the same way — just pass the values into AuthManager() and QRSClient().

Query parameters: dict or string

The HTTP methods accept params as a dict:

client.get("/qrs/about", {"extended": "false"})

Logging

The client uses the standard logging module under the name qrs_api_client.client. To see debug output:

import logging
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)

Examples of usage

See the examples folder.

Documentation

Full API reference: https://rumen-vasilev.github.io/qrs-api-client/

License

MIT — see LICENSE.