Delete data files from Qlik Cloud

Overview

In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to delete data files individually, and in bulk.

Requirements

Review the prerequisites in the create data files tutorial.

Note: The cURL examples in this tutorial show the command syntax for Windows Command Prompt. If you are using another command line interface, different syntax may be required for line continuation. You may also need to adjust the number and type of quotes surrounding the parameters and their values.

Variable substitution and vocabulary

Throughout this tutorial, variables will be used to communicate value placement. The variable substitution format is <VARIABLE_NAME>. Here is a list of variables referred to in this tutorial.

Variable	Description
`<HOSTNAME>`	The hostname for the initial tenant created during account onboarding. Such as `tenantname.region.qlikcloud.com`.
`<ACCESS_TOKEN>`	A bearer token for authorizing `https` requests to the `<HOSTNAME>` tenant. Can be an API key, or a token generated via an OAuth client.
`<OAUTH_CLIENT_ID>`	A OAuth client ID for authorizing requests if using the platform SDK.
`<OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET>`	A OAuth client secret for authorizing requests if using the platform SDK.
`<SPACE_ID>`	The ID of the shared space `<SPACE_NAME>`.
`<CONNECTION_ID>`	The ID for the data file connection in `<SPACE_NAME>`.
`<DATA_FILE_ID>`	The ID for the data file.

Delete a single data file

To delete a single data file in a space, you need to know the data file ID. You can retrieve this using the steps documented in the update data files tutorial. Once you have the data file ID, you can pass this to the delete endpoint to remove this data file from Qlik Cloud.

Delete a file (cURL)

curl -L -X DELETE "https://<HOSTNAME>/api/v1/data-files/<DATA_FILE_ID>" ^
-H "Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>"

Delete a file (qlik-cli)

qlik data-file rm <DATA_FILE_ID>

Delete a file (Platform SDK - Typescript)

const Qlik = require("@qlik/sdk").default;
const { AuthType } = require("@qlik/sdk");

//config-values
const host = "<HOSTNAME>";
const clientId = "<OAUTH_CLIENT_ID>";
const clientSecret = "<OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET>";
const hostFileId = "<DATA_FILE_ID>";

const config = {
  authType: AuthType.OAuth2,
  host: host,
  clientId: clientId,
  clientSecret: clientSecret,
};

(async () => {
  const qlik = new Qlik(config);
  await qlik.auth.authorize();

  const myDataFile = await qlik.datafiles.get(hostFileId);
  myDataFile.delete();
})();

A 204 response confirms that the data file, as well as any associated datasets, has been deleted successfully.

Delete all data files in a space

The examples below accept <SPACE_ID> as input, and will remove all data files from the space when run.

Delete all files (qlik-cli - Powershell)

# Set the space ID
$spaceId = '<SPACE_ID>';

$dataConnection = qlik data-file connection ls --spaceId $spaceId | ConvertFrom-Json

$dataFiles = qlik data-file ls --connectionId $($dataConnection.id) | ConvertFrom-Json
Write-Host $($dataFiles.Length) 'data files found.'

while ($($dataFiles.Length) -gt 1) {

    $dataFiles = $dataFiles | ConvertTo-Json
    $deletedFiles = qlik data-file delete --delete $dataFiles.replace('"','\"')

    $dataFiles = qlik data-file ls --connectionId $($dataConnection.id) | ConvertFrom-Json
    Write-Host 'Checking for more files.'
}

echo $("All data files removed, breaking.");
break;

Delete all files (Platform SDK - Typescript)

const Qlik = require("@qlik/sdk").default;
const { AuthType } = require("@qlik/sdk");

//config-values
const host = "<HOSTNAME>";
const clientId = "<OAUTH_CLIENT_ID>";
const clientSecret = "<OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET>";
const hostConnectionId = "<CONNECTION_ID>";
const spaceId = "<SPACE_ID>";

const config = {
  authType: AuthType.OAuth2,
  host: host,
  clientId: clientId,
  clientSecret: clientSecret,
};

(async () => {
  const qlik = new Qlik(config);
  await qlik.auth.authorize();

  const connection = await qlik.datafiles.getConnections({ spaceId: spaceId });
  const dataFiles = await qlik.datafiles.getDataFiles({
    connectionId: connection[0].id,
  });
  console.log("Found", dataFiles.length, "data files.");
  const deleteFile = await qlik.datafiles.delete({ delete: dataFiles });
})();

Delete all files (no-code)

This snippet can be pasted into a Qlik Application Automation workspace.

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A 204 response confirms that the data files, as well as any associated datasets, have been deleted successfully.