Simple Python script to generate Qlik Sense report and download it.

report.py

import requests
import time
from requests.structures import CaseInsensitiveDict

url = "https://<tenant>.<region>.qlikcloud.com/api/v1/reports"

headers = CaseInsensitiveDict()
headers["Authorization"] = "Bearer <id>"
headers["Content-type"] = "application/json"

data = '{"type":"composition-1.0","output":{"type":"pdfcomposition","outputId":"composition1","pdfCompositionOutput":{"pdfOutputs":[{"size":"A4","align":{"vertical":"middle","horizontal":"center"},"resizeType":"autofit","orientation":"A"},{"size":"A4","align":{"vertical":"middle","horizontal":"center"},"resizeType":"autofit","orientation":"A"}]}},"definitions":{"selectionsByState":{"sel1":{"$":[{"values":[{"text":"Border","isNumeric":false}],"fieldName":"Regio","defaultIsNumeric":false}]}}},"compositionTemplates":[{"type":"sense-sheet-1.0","senseSheetTemplate":{"selectionStrategy": "failOnErrors","appId":"88d3b0dd-ffa8-4fd2-a21e-a73101e71bb0","sheet":{"id":"b48ff826-85e9-440c-8334-24e8199fa136"},"selectionsByStateDef":"sel1"}},{"type":"sense-sheet-1.0","senseSheetTemplate":{"selectionStrategy": "failOnErrors","appId":"88d3b0dd-ffa8-4fd2-a21e-a73101e71bb0","sheet":{"id":"HDyxXL"},"selectionsByStateDef":"sel1"}}]}'

def requestReport():
    print ("Requesting Report generation..")
    resp = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=data)
    return (resp.headers['Location'])

def reportStatus(reportId):
    del headers['Content-type']
    status = ''
    while not (status == 'done') :
        resp = requests.get(reportId, headers=headers)
        data = resp.json()
        status = data['status']
        print (data['status'])
        time.sleep (1.5)
    print ('Report created and ready..')    
    return (data['results'][0]['location'])

def downloadReport(url):
    local_filename = 'report.pdf'
    with requests.get(url, headers=headers,stream=True) as r:
        r.raise_for_status()
        with open(local_filename, 'wb') as f:
            for chunk in r.iter_content(chunk_size=8192): 
                f.write(chunk)
    return local_filename

        
if __name__ == '__main__':
    location = requestReport()
    downloadReport(reportStatus(location))