topic Re: Can't get the qlik rest api to post in script in Integration, Extension & APIs

Can't get the qlik rest api to post in script

bramkn — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 12:03:05 GMT

Hi,

I would like to do a POST call from the sense script editor.

I can get a GET call to work, but I can't figure out how to do a POST as the rest connector gives the error that you have to do a GET call first. When I try to do this in script with the "With connection" I can not get it to work. Not even with the original GET URL, it is not accepted. And I can't find a way to change the Method to POST. I have tried HTTPMethode and methode.

So I am stuck and can't find any documentation that I can use.

Can anyone give me an example or documentation with an example to fix this?

I am trying to Create Custom properties on the same sense server and with a Root admin account.

Re: Can't get the qlik rest api to post in script

Øystein_Kolsrud — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 07:20:46 GMT

Not sure what environment you are working in, but I believe you have to get the cookie from the GET call and include it in your POST request. This is an example in C#:

https://github.com/kolsrud/qlik_rest_sdk/blob/master/Qlik.Sense.RestClient/RestClient.cs#L80

As you can see it collects the cookie if it has not already done so. And the cookie collection simply implies running a dummy GET operation:

https://github.com/kolsrud/qlik_rest_sdk/blob/master/Qlik.Sense.RestClient/RestClient.cs#L124

The real work is done in this method that handles the setup of the requests (that's where the cookie container is configured):

https://github.com/kolsrud/qlik_rest_sdk/blob/master/Qlik.Sense.RestClient/RestClient.cs#L150

Re: Can't get the qlik rest api to post in script

bramkn — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 07:35:54 GMT

I am working in Qlik script editor.

The documentation doesn't specify anything about a cookie as far as I know.

With the NPrinting api I needed to take part of the cookie returned in the header. This cookie is a lot smaller and I am not sure if this would work.

Also how do I get a post call in the script as I can only create GET calls. So I guess I have to change it with the With connection statement, can't figure out how.

Ill try to just put in the whole cookie.

Re: Can't get the qlik rest api to post in script

Øystein_Kolsrud — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 11:57:29 GMT

Ah, sorry... Should have read your original post better. I'm not familiar with that part of the script framework, so I'm probably not of much help here...

Re: Can't get the qlik rest api to post in script

bramkn — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 07:21:53 GMT

Ah ok, thanks anyways. Hopefully someone else can help me.