Uploading app trough REST API via Python script

[vasilev]

Hello guys,

I am trying to upload a Qlik Sense app into the QMC with a python script using the REST API.

https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/May2024/Subsystems/RepositoryServiceAPI/Content/Sense_Re...

I am using the following script:

import requests

requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings()

xrf = '1234567890123456'

#Set up necessary headers comma separated

headers = {

    'X-Qlik-Xrfkey': xrf,

    'X-Qlik-User': 'UserDirectory=INTERNAL;UserId=sa_repository',

    'Content-Type': 'application/vnd.qlik.sense.app'

}

#Set the endpoint URL

url = 'https://servername:4242/qrs/app/upload?name=ImportREST&Xrfkey={}'.format(xrf)

#Set up the certificate path

cert = ('C:/LocalUserData/Certificates/Sense TEST/client.pem', 'C:/LocalUserData/Certificates/Sense TEST/client_key.pem')

# Open file

with open("C:/Users/<user_id>/Downloads/ImportREST.qvf", "rb") as f:

    files = {'file': f.read()}

# Send the POST request

try:

    response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, files=files, verify=False, cert=cert)

    response.raise_for_status()  # Raise an error for bad responses

    print('Upload successful!  Server responded with:', response.text)

except requests.exceptions.RequestException as err:

    print('Upload failed:', err)

After executing the script I am getting the error "500 Server Error: Internal Server Error for url: https://servername:4242/qrs/app/upload?name=ImportREST&Xrfkey=1234567890123456".

I tried to upload the same app with Postman and it worked perfectly. These are my settings in Postman.

I am struggling all the day with this issue I have no idea what I am doing wrong in Python. Has anybody an idea what could be the problem with the script?

BR,

Rumen

[Marc · Accepted solution]

https://github.com/clintcarr/qrspy/blob/d6950b4d746cbe99b88edbd830bfb9e923544f2d/qrspy.py#L794

def import_app(self, name, filename):
"""
Imports an application
:param name: Name of application to import
:param filename: Path and file of qvf
:returns: HTTP Status Code
"""
path = 'qrs/app/upload?name={0}'.format(name)
headers["Content-Type"] = "application/vnd.qlik.sense.app"
headers["Connection"] = "Keep-Alive"
with open(filename, 'rb') as app:
return self.post(path, app)

[vasilev]

It works fine! Thank you @Marc 

[Nareshgp]

Hi @vasilev ,

what exactly you made changes in your code to get this worked as per Marc reply. 

could you please share the code which is working for you using python.

Thanks in advance

BR,

Naresh

[Nareshgp]

Hi @Marc ,

I am struggling to incorporate the above code with python to upload the Qlik Sense application. 

could you please help me with working code for this.

Thanks

[Marc]

if you check the link in my original post, 

you will see that the ReadMe has instructions on how to connect to your Qlik Sense Server 

Instantiate-the-connectqlik-class

Once you have the QRS class you can then use it to Import the apps with the import_app method, (just adapt the for loop for a single qvf rather than for each app in the dir)

Import-the-apps-in-a-folder-into-a-server