API - Replace an existing published dashboard

[richardpearce60]

Hi Everyone,

I'm importing a new application into a SaaS tenant using Qlik SDK (Post / Put)

qlik.apps.import_app(data=f)

All good! from there, I'm publishing it to a managed space:

published_app = application.publish({"spaceId": "6657348d053e38f4f18fedeb"})

 

All good!

Now at some point in the future, I'm going to import a new application into the tenant and want to overwrite the one I've previously published. I can do that in the HUB as it gives you the option when you're about to publish an app with the same name. However, I can't find that in the APIs

So if the new app imported is 'ead56dd2-cd4e-460f-a0b3-61e5b81b6aa4'

and the existing app already published is '90276b41-02fb-4a19-b2c0-0c25d3c0da37'

I've tried:

republished_app = application.set_publish({"targetId": "90276b41-02fb-4a19-b2c0-0c25d3c0da37"})

 also tried

published_app = application.publish({"spaceId": "6657348d053e38f4f18fedeb","originAppId":"90276b41-02fb-4a19-b2c0-0c25d3c0da37","moveApp": True})

Tried a few other combinations but nothing has worked. I always seem to get an error or a new dashboard. It's important not to create a new application as I want to keep the URLs constant

Any help would be appreciated!

[Marc · Accepted solution]

I'm not sure what the exact command would be in the SDK. 

however from the Rest API's you would be doing a PUT 

https://qlik.dev/apis/rest/apps/#%23%2Fentries%2Fv1%2Fapps%2F-appId%2Fpublish-put

Republishes a published app to a managed space,

However because you have imported a new App, that App ID is not associated with the published copy, so when making the api call, in the Request Body you need to specify checkOriginAppId=false

[richardpearce60]

Thanks Marc it worked. I'd seen this flag but not used it (or used it properly)

republished_app = application.set_publish({"targetId": "90276b41-02fb-4a19-b2c0-0c25d3c0da37","checkOriginAppId":False})

I've been trying to use the SDK when I can although I'm not 100% convinced with it... it does sometimes give additional help (not every time)

The code above would be a PUT... So (for others) targetId is the application id currently published and the flag means overwrite (no need for a space id)

[DaveChannon · Accepted solution]

We do have a few examples of this flow, take a look at https://github.com/qlik-oss/qlik-cloud-examples/blob/665aff509acf5217366efa396c926bbd6abad11a/qlik.d... and let us know if that helps?

[richardpearce60]

Thanks Dave! Just read through them and they do help! 🙂