canonical: https://jentic.com/apis/quickbase.com/quickbase

# Quick Base API

QuickBase JSON RESTful API. The API exposes 66 endpoints secured with apiKey authentication.

## For AI agents

Programmatically create an app, update an app. Covers 66 operations with apiKey authentication.

## Scope

Does not handle payments, communications, or crm - use for developer tools only.

## Capabilities

- Create an app
- Update an app
- Get an app
- Delete an app
- Copy an app

## Use cases

### Developer Tools Operations

Use the Quick Base API to perform developer tools operations programmatically. The API provides 66 endpoints covering core functionality including create an app, update an app, get an app.

Example prompt: Call POST /apps to create an app

### Automated Analytics Management

Automate analytics operations by combining multiple Quick Base API endpoints. Agents can update an app and then get an app in a single workflow.

Example prompt: Call POST `/apps/{appId}` to update an app, then verify the result

### AI Agent Integration via Jentic

AI agents discover and call Quick Base API endpoints through Jentic without managing credentials directly. An agent searches for the required operation by intent, receives the matching endpoint schema, and executes the call with Jentic-managed authentication. This eliminates the need to read API documentation or handle apiKey tokens manually.

Example prompt: Search Jentic for 'create an app', load the operation schema, and execute with Jentic-managed credentials

## Key endpoints

| Method | Path | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| POST | `/apps` | Create an app |
| POST | `/apps/{appId}` | Update an app |
| GET | `/apps/{appId}` | Get an app |
| DELETE | `/apps/{appId}` | Delete an app |
| GET | `/apps/{appId}/events` | Get app events |
| POST | `/apps/{appId}/copy` | Copy an app |
| GET | `/apps/{appId}/roles` | Get app roles |
| POST | `/tables` | Create a table |

## Key resources

- **Analytics** — Operations for analytics
- **App** — Operations for app
- **Apps** — Operations for apps
- **Audit** — Operations for audit
- **Auth** — Operations for auth

## Why Jentic

- **Setup:** Wiring the Quick Base API by hand means formatting its QB-USER-TOKEN Authorization header on every call to api.quickbase.com/v1 and handling the app and table responses yourself. Through Jentic you install once, import the Quick Base API from the API Directory, store the user token once, and your agent calls it.
- **Permission scoping:** Quick Base puts the app id in the URL path (`/apps/{appId}`), so a rule can pin your agent to one app: it can read that app's events and roles and copy it and nothing else. You choose the operations it may call, so destructive ones like deleting an app are not included unless you add them.
- **Credential handling:** Your Quick Base user token is stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and injected at execution time. It never enters the agent's prompt, logs, or context.
- **Discovery method:** Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'create an app' or 'read an app's roles', and Jentic returns the matching Quick Base operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the reference docs.

## Related APIs

- **Github** — Alternative developer tools API
- **Gitlab** — Alternative developer tools API

## FAQ

### What authentication does the Quick Base API use?

The Quick Base API uses an API key passed in the `Authorization` header. Through Jentic, these credentials are stored encrypted in your Jentic One instance and injected at execution time, so raw secrets never enter the agent context.

### Can I create an app with the Quick Base API?

Yes. Use the POST /apps endpoint. The API returns structured JSON responses that agents can parse and act on directly.

### What are the rate limits for the Quick Base API?

Rate limits are not specified in the OpenAPI spec. Check the vendor documentation for current limits. Through Jentic, rate limiting is handled automatically with retry logic built into the execution layer.

### How do I create an app through Jentic?

Install the Jentic SDK with pip install jentic, authenticate through Jentic One, the self-hosted execution layer, then search for 'create an app'. Jentic returns the matching Quick Base API operation with its input schema. Load the schema and execute the call - credentials are injected automatically.

### How many endpoints does the Quick Base API have?

The Quick Base API exposes 66 endpoints covering analytics, app, apps operations.

### Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the Quick Base API?

Yes. Jentic One is self-hosted, so your own rules decide which Quick Base operations and credentials your agent may use. Because the app id sits in the URL path (`/apps/{appId}`), a rule can pin the agent to a single app, letting it read that app's events and roles or copy it and nothing more. You pick the exact operations it may call, so destructive ones such as deleting an app stay out of reach unless you add them.