topic Re: REST Connector - WITH CONNECTION Syntax to override parameters in App Development

REST Connector - WITH CONNECTION Syntax to override parameters

rdugg — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 10:36:11 GMT

What can and can't be parametrized in using WITH CONNECTION ?

I'm trying without success to change the keyGenerationStrategy.

sometime my apps need to use value 3, sometimes 0.

And I don't want to create and manage two connectors just for that point.

Is there a documentation about that ?

Should all parameters be "overridable" using with connection

Re: REST Connector - WITH CONNECTION Syntax to override parameters

p_verkooijen — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 13:37:55 GMT

See https://help.qlik.com/en-US/connectors/Subsystems/REST_connector_help/Content/Connectors_REST/Load-REST-data/Load-data.htm

WITH CONNECTION keyword

The REST Connector supports the WITH CONNECTION keyword, which can be used to override URLs, query parameters and query headers in a connection. The POST body can also be overridden when the POST method has been selected for the connection. WITH CONNECTION allows you to alter some parts of a connection rather than create a separate connection.

Four parameters can be used with the WITH CONNECTION keyword:

URL
QUERY
HTTPHEADER
BODY

The syntax for each parameter is:

URL "new url"
QUERY "parameter name" "parameter value"
HTTPHEADER "header name" "header value"
BODY "request body text"

Re: REST Connector - WITH CONNECTION Syntax to override parameters

rdugg — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 15:45:49 GMT

Thank you for pointing out the Documentation.

I guess, I'll use two separate Data connection for my two usages then.