Perform authentication to the Qlik Sense Saas programmatically

[miran]

Hey,

Is there a way to authenticate the request behind the scenes without the redirect to https://login.qlik.com/login?
I've been looking for the solution for a few days now and so far i haven't found it..

I'm trying to embed some sheets into a custom webapp for the tenant `f9a63nlnyf03yr4.us.qlikcloud.com`.
The problem i'm facing is that whenever i try to access the embedded sheet (using an iframe) and am not already logged in, it redirects me to the qlik's login page.

Can i somehow perform the authentication via code?

I have set up the `api-key`, `web-integration-id` and also `content security policy`.

I've tried using some apis, using `curl` and also via javascript libraries, such as `@nebula.js/stardust`, `enigma.js` and also `@qlik/sdk` and some endpoints were working, but not all of them, since i wasn't logged in.

Lastly I've created a proxy, which adds `authorization` header with the `Bearer api-key` to all requests and that one ends up redirecting me to the login page too!

Any ideas?

Thanks and take care!
Miran

[alex_colombo · Accepted solution]

Hi @miran , you can use JWT auth. Here some info.

With this approach you can first login to Qlik SaaS calling one of his APIs with JWT then, when authentication is done, render your iframe.

Here you can find a example on how to login with JWT.

[miran]

Hey,

Thanks for the links and thanks for enabling the jwt option on our account!

Will try it right away.

Thanks and take care!

Miran

[htrimas]

Do we need enigma.js to enable the iFrame without being re-directed to the login page?

[alex_colombo]

In the example eniga.js is used for retrieving the current app theme. If you want, you can avoid to use enigma.js for just render the iframe.