topic Re: Set Cookie with REST Custom connection in Connectivity & Data Prep

Set Cookie with REST Custom connection

edwinwitvoet — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 07:52:38 GMT

Hi there,

So we're trying to use the REST Connector to access a 3rd party API, and we need to send a custom cookie to each API request after login.

Obviously we can't do it using the REST Connector interface and we're trying to do it via the script like so:

RestConnectorMasterTable:

SQL SELECT

...

FROM JSON "_response_header" PK "__KEY__response_header"

WITH CONNECTION (

URL "https://api_url",

HTTPHEADER cookie "$(vCookie)"

)

;

But the cookie never gets set. Any suggestions on how to do this?

Thanks,

Edwin

Re: Set Cookie with REST Custom connection

petter — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 08:19:35 GMT

An alternative to the Qlik REST Connector is to use "Qlik Web Connectors: General Web Connector":

http://help.qlik.com/en-US/connectors/Subsystems/Web_Connectors_help/Content/Data-Source-Connectors/General-Web-Connector.htm‌

According to the documentation it does support cookies. This connector has to be licensed on a yearly basis though - so it comes with an additional cost as it is a premium connector of the Qlik Web Connector collection not a standard free one.

Re: Set Cookie with REST Custom connection

bc-thebruuu — Wed, 30 May 2018 15:50:48 GMT

Did you find a way to do it?