topic .Net SDK - Multiple sessions using ApiKey connection? in Integration, Extension & APIs

.Net SDK - Multiple sessions using ApiKey connection?

Josh_Rmg — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 13:54:36 GMT

Hi,

I have a ASP.Net Core web app, I am connecting to Qlik SaaS via an APIKey. (location.AsApiKey())

This is causing me an issue because I need each user to be able to apply a specific selection (using app.GetField().Select()) to the Qlik app so that they only see data relevant to them.

Since an APIKey is tied to a specific/single Qlik user account this means that each user of my web app will be applying different selections to the same user session which won't work.

What is the best way to connect to a Qlik Saas app to allow each user to have their own session?

Is there a way to pass user accounts/details to Qlik SaaS? or create a new session for each request to the API?

Apologies if I have made mistakes in my explanation/understanding, I am a junior dev!

Thanks,

Josh

Re: .Net SDK - Multiple sessions using ApiKey connection?

Øystein_Kolsrud — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:07:17 GMT

An API key is strictly tied to a specific user, so if you authenticate using such a key, then you will end up as accessing the system as that user only. But you can still make multiple connections to Qlik SaaS that have independent sessions (or selection states if you like). You achieve this by specifying a session token in the second argument to method IQcsLocation.App:

https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/August2021/Subsystems/NetSDKAPIref/Content/Qlik.Engine.IQcsLocation.App.htm#Qlik_Engine_IQcsLocation_App_System_String_Qlik_Engine_SessionToken_System_Boolean_

So instead of doing:

var app = location.App(appId);

You do:

var app = location.App(appId, SessionToken.Custom("mytoken"));

Or possibly this to get a guaranteed unique session:

var app = location.App(appId, SessionToken.Unique());

Re: .Net SDK - Multiple sessions using ApiKey connection?

Josh_Rmg — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 16:28:10 GMT

Perfect thanks @Øystein_Kolsrud