topic Re: REST (via Direct Acces gateway) connection error in Connectivity & Data Prep

REST (via Direct Acces gateway) connection error

martinpedr — Mon, 05 May 2025 10:19:33 GMT

Hi community,

Hope you can give some clues about my connection error.

In my Qlik Data Transfer instance I have a REST connection to retrieve data and transfer it directly to a Qlik cloud space. Everything is working fine.

Now in the recent update of Qlik Data Gateway (1.7.1) they added the possibility to create in Qlik cloud a REST (via Direct Acces gateway) connection. So I replicated the same configuration that I have in Qlik Data Transfer. Unfortunately I'm facing with this error all time:

Previously, in my Qlik gateway server I added the specific URL in the following file %ProgramData%\Qlik\Gateway\restconnector_allowed_urls.txt

Thanks in advance for your help

Re: REST (via Direct Acces gateway) connection error

marksouzacosta — Mon, 05 May 2025 13:11:02 GMT

@AnaSilva do you have any tips for this problem?

Re: REST (via Direct Acces gateway) connection error

AnaSilva — Mon, 05 May 2025 16:42:07 GMT

Hi @martinpedr ,

If what you're trying to do is replace Data Transfer, the feature you'll use is File transfer, not REST.

Also, based on the path you mentioned, you must add the direct path to the config file.

Use C:\ProgramData\Qlik\Gateway\

Instead of %ProgramData%\Qlik\Gateway\restconnector_allowed_urls.txt

So, test this documentation and let me know.

File (via Direct Access gateway) | Qlik Cloud Help

Re: REST (via Direct Acces gateway) connection error

martinpedr — Mon, 05 May 2025 17:10:47 GMT

Thanks for your reply @AnaSilva ,

I'm using a REST connection to retrieve data from an API call (as a csv format)

I already use File (via Direct Access gateway) to read onprem files, but for the described scenario is not the correct way because the file doesn't exist in my onprem server.

I have to get the data doing an API call with REST connector. And with the same setup, it works in Qlik Data Transfer but not in Qlik cloud.

Re: REST (via Direct Acces gateway) connection error

stefanmereuta — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 11:36:22 GMT

I don't know if you still have this problem but for anyone else, I fixed this by going into C:\ProgramData\Qlik\Gateway\configuration.properties and setting REST_ALLOW_LOCALHOST_CONNECTION=true .