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source: https://qlik.dev/apis/api-policy/
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# API policy

Qlik’s products are designed to be extensible. We welcome customers and
developers to use Qlik’s published APIs to highlight the full power and
possibilities of the Qlik products. In order to make the use of Qlik’s
published APIs as safe, productive and fair as possible, all users of Qlik’s
published APIs are required to comply with this Qlik API Policy (the "API
Terms"), which describes your rights and responsibilities when accessing Qlik’s
publicly available application programming interfaces (the "APIs") and related
API documentation.

By accessing or using our APIs, you are agreeing to these API Terms, so please
read these API Terms carefully. If there is a conflict between these API terms
and additional terms applicable to a given API, the additional terms will
control for that conflict. If you use any APIs as an interface to, or in
conjunction with other Qlik products or services, then the terms for those other
products or services also apply. “Qlik,” “We," "our" and "us" refers to
Qlik Parent, Inc. and its affiliates, and "you," and "your," refers to the
individual, company or legal entity that you represent.

## Before you begin

A few things to keep in mind before you start using Qlik APIs:

- As you are responsible for complying with these API Terms, the API
  documentation and other Qlik policies and agreements that govern your use of
  Qlik products, please read these API Terms and the relevant documents carefully,
  so that you understand your obligations with respect to Qlik APIs, products and
  services.
- Security and integrity are essential. Customers of Qlik products and services
  expect a secure and reliable experience. Respect the integrity of the Qlik
  products and users’ interests in privacy and security.
- If we believe you are in violation of these API Terms (or any other applicable
  Qlik policy), we may suspend or permanently revoke your access to the APIs.
- Please note that Qlik may monitor your use of the APIs to improve Qlik
  products and to ensure your compliance with these API Terms. You will not
  interfere with this monitoring. Qlik may use any technical means to overcome
  such interference.

## Access to our APIs

You must only access (or attempt to access) an API by the means described in the
documentation of that API. If Qlik assigns you a Client ID and Client Secret
credentials for identifying your application in Qlik products, you will not
misrepresent or mask either your identity or your API Client's identity. Your
Client ID may be shared in code and email, but is not allowed to act alone on
your application’s behalf to access applicable APIs. The Client Secret securely
identifies your application’s rights and identity when exchanging tokens and
credentials with Qlik products. It is highly recommended you treat the Client
Secret with care and do not distribute it in communications, applications,
client-side javascript, or public code repositories. Qlik is not responsible for
any failure by you to safeguard your Client Secret.

Our communications to you and our APIs may contain Qlik confidential
information. Qlik confidential information includes any materials,
communications, and information that are marked confidential or that would
normally be considered confidential under the circumstances. If you receive any
such information, then you will not disclose it to any third party without
Qlik’s prior written consent.

## Use of our APIs

Qlik invests substantially in our APIs to make it possible for you to create
robust, reliable user experiences for Qlik products and to easily integrate Qlik
products into embedded contexts. Qlik does NOT permit use of any unpublished
APIs, and any use of unpublished APIs is a violation of these API Terms. Qlik
will assert all rights and remedies available to Qlik in connection with your
use of any unpublished APIs.

Subject to the restrictions below, we grant you a non-exclusive, worldwide,
non-transferable, limited license to access our APIs only as necessary to
develop, test and support an integration of your API client with the applicable
Qlik product.

When using our APIs, you may not, and you may not permit anyone else to access
our APIs:

- in violation of any law or regulation
- in any manner that compromises, breaks or circumvents any of our technical
  processes or security measures associated with Qlik products
- in any manner that poses a security vulnerability to customers or users of any
  Qlik products
- in any manner that tests the vulnerability of our systems or networks
- in order to replicate or compete with any Qlik products or services

Additionally, when using our APIs, you may not, and you may not permit anyone
else to:

- sublicense an API for use by a third party or create an API client that
  functions substantially the same as the APIs and offer it for use by third
  parties
- attempt to reverse engineer or otherwise derive source code, trade secrets, or
  know-how of our APIs or products or services, except to the extent that this
  restriction is expressly prohibited by applicable law
- perform any action that has the intent of introducing to Qlik products and
  services any viruses, worms, defects, Trojan horses, malware, or any items of
  a destructive nature.
- imply a Qlik endorsement, certification, affiliation or partnership unless you
  have explicit permission from Qlik to do so
- provide access to any Qlik products in any fraudulent or unauthorized way,
  including bypassing or circumventing Qlik protocols and access controls
- defame, abuse, harass, stalk, or threaten others
- interfere with or disrupt the APIs or the servers or networks providing the
  APIs, or degrade or compromise security in any way.
- use the APIs for any activities where the use or failure of the APIs could
  lead to death, personal injury, or environmental damage (such as the operation
  of nuclear facilities, air traffic control, or life support systems).
- use the APIs to process or store any data that is subject to the International
  Traffic in Arms Regulations maintained by the U.S. Department of State
- attempt to use our APIs in a manner that exceeds rate limits, or constitutes
  excessive or abusive usage
- remove, obscure, or alter any Qlik terms of service or any links to or notices
  of those terms

Qlik does not intend use of the APIs to create obligations under the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, as amended ("HIPAA"), and makes no
representations that the APIs satisfy HIPAA requirements. If you are (or become)
a "covered entity" or "business associate" as defined in HIPAA, you will not use
the APIs for any purpose or in any manner involving transmitting protected
health information to Qlik.

## API limitations

Qlik sets and enforces limits on your use, access and calls of the APIs (e.g.
limiting the number of API requests that you may make or the number of users you
may serve), in our sole discretion. You agree to, and will not attempt to
circumvent, such limitations documented for each API. If you exceed or Qlik
reasonably believes that you have attempted to circumvent such limits, then your
ability to use the APIs may be temporarily suspended or permanently blocked.

## Open Source Software

Some of the software required by or included in our APIs may be offered under an
open source license. Open source software licenses constitute separate written
agreements. For certain APIs, open source software is listed in the
documentation. To the limited extent the open source software license expressly
supersedes the Terms, the open source license instead sets forth your agreement
with Qlik for the applicable open source software.

## Third Party Content

Our APIs may contain some third-party content (such as text, images, videos,
audio, or software). This content is the sole responsibility of the person that
makes it available. We may sometimes review content to determine whether it is
illegal or violates our policies or these API Terms, and we may remove or refuse
to display content. Finally, content accessible through our APIs may be subject
to intellectual property rights, and, if so, you may not use it unless you are
licensed to do so by the owner of that content or are otherwise permitted by
law. Your access to the content provided by the API may be restricted, limited,
or filtered in accordance with applicable law, regulation, and policy.

## Communication with Qlik; Feedback

We may send you certain communications in connection with your use of the APIs.
Further, if you provide feedback or suggestions about our APIs, then we (and
those we allow) may use such information without obligation to you, and grant us
an unlimited, irrevocable, perpetual, sublicensable, transferable, royalty-free
license to use any such feedback or suggestions for any purpose without any
obligation or compensation to you.

## Modifications to our APIs

Occasionally we need the flexibility to make changes to our APIs, including
backwards incompatible changes. We will try to give notice of these changes, but
you should consider viewing our changelogs at for updates.
Also, parts of our API are undocumented, including certain methods,
events, and properties. Given that these undocumented aspects of our APIs may
change at any time, you should not rely on their behaviors.

## Attribution

You agree to display any attribution(s) required by Qlik as described in the
documentation for the APIs.

## Submission of Content

Some of our APIs allow the submission of content. Qlik does not acquire any
ownership of any intellectual property rights in the content that you submit to
our APIs through your API client. For the sole purpose of enabling Qlik to
provide, secure, and improve the APIs (and the related service(s)) and only in
accordance with the applicable Qlik privacy policies, you grant Qlik a
perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, sublicensable, royalty-free, and
non-exclusive license to use, host, store, modify, communicate, and publish
content submitted, posted, or displayed to or from the APIs through your API
client. You will use commercially reasonable efforts to protect user information
collected by your API client, including personal data, from unauthorized access
or use and will promptly report to your users any unauthorized access or use of
such information to the extent required by applicable law.

## Ownership

By using our APIs, you do not acquire ownership of any rights in our APIs or the
content that is accessed through our APIs. You expressly acknowledge that Qlik,
its licensors and its end users retain all worldwide right, title and interest
in and to the APIs, including all proprietary rights and rights in patents,
trademarks, trade names, copyrights, trade secrets, know-how, data (including
all applications therefore). You agree not to do anything inconsistent with such
ownership.

## Disclaimer

THE APIS, THE API DOCUMENTATION AND ALL RELATED COMPONENTS ARE PROVIDED BY US ON
AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, AND WE
EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL GUARANTEES, CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS,
UNDERTAKINGS, AND WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND
NON-INFRINGEMENT. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE APIS WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET OUT IN THE
TERMS, NEITHER QLIK NOR ITS SUPPLIERS OR DISTRIBUTORS MAKE ANY SPECIFIC PROMISES
ABOUT THE APIS. FOR EXAMPLE, WE DO NOT MAKE ANY COMMITMENTS ABOUT THE CONTENT
ACCESSED THROUGH THE APIS, THE SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS OF THE APIS, OR THEIR
RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, OR ABILITY TO MEET YOUR NEEDS.

## Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT WILL QLIK’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THESE
API TERMS (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR UNDER ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY)
EXCEED US$100. IN NO EVENT WILL QLIK HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO YOU OR TO ANY THIRD
PARTY FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR REVENUES OR FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, COVER OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES HOWEVER CAUSED, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
TORT OR UNDER ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY, AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU OR THE THIRD
PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE FOREGOING
DISCLAIMER WILL NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

## Indemnity

Unless prohibited by applicable law, if you are a business, you will defend and
indemnify Qlik, and its affiliates, directors, officers, employees, and users,
against all liabilities, damages, losses, costs, fees (including legal fees),
and expenses relating to any allegation or third-party legal proceeding to the
extent arising from:

- your misuse or your end user's misuse of the APIs;
- your violation or your end user's violation of these API Terms; or
- any content or data routed into or used with the APIs by you, those acting on
  your behalf, or your end users.

## Compliance with Laws; Export and Import

We and you will each comply with all applicable foreign, federal, state, and
local laws, rules and regulations, including without limitation, all applicable
laws relating to bribery and/or corruption. The APIs are subject to U.S. export
laws and may be subject to import and use laws of the country where it is
delivered or used. You agree to abide by these laws. Under these laws, the APIs
may not be sold, leased, downloaded, moved, exported, re-exported, or
transferred across borders without a license, or approval from the relevant
government authority, to any country or to any foreign national restricted by
these laws, including countries embargoed by the U.S. Government; or to any
restricted or denied end-user including, but not limited to, any person or
entity prohibited by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control; or for any
restricted end-use. You will comply with all applicable privacy laws and
regulations including those applying to personal data.

## Termination

You may stop using our APIs at any time with or without notice. Qlik reserves
the right to discontinue the APIs or any portion or feature or your access
thereto for any reason and at any time without liability or other obligation to
you. Upon any discontinuation of your access to an API, you will immediately
stop using the API.

## U.S. Federal Agency Entities

The APIs were developed solely at private expense and are commercial computer
software and related documentation within the meaning of the applicable U.S.
Federal Acquisition Regulation and agency supplements thereto.

## General Terms

These API Terms are in the English language. If we provide a translation of
these API Terms, we do so for your convenience only and the English terms will
govern. The API Terms do not create any third-party beneficiary rights or any
agency, partnership, or joint venture. Nothing in the Terms will limit either
party's ability to seek injunctive relief. We are not liable for failure or
delay in performance to the extent caused by circumstances beyond our reasonable
control. If you do not comply with these API Terms, and Qlik does not take
action right away, this does not mean that Qlik is giving up any rights that it
may have (such as taking action in the future). If it turns out that a
particular term is not enforceable, this will not affect any other terms.

## Modifications

We may modify these API Terms or any portion to, for example, reflect changes to
the law or changes to our APIs. You should review these API Terms regularly. We
will post notice of modifications to the API Terms within the documentation of
each applicable API,\_. Changes will not apply retroactively and will become
effective no sooner than 30 days after they are posted. However, changes
addressing new functions for an API or changes made for legal reasons will be
effective immediately. If you do not agree to the modified terms for an API, you
should discontinue your use of that API. Your continued use of the API
constitutes your acceptance of the modified terms.

May 2024