Postman: A simple ticket request (Qlik Sense Proxy API)

[Damien_V]

This article describes how to get a ticket for the specified user with Proxy API.

For Postman configuration, please refer to QRS API using Xrfkey header in Postman.

Resolution:

Request: POST https://qlikserver1.domain.local:4243/qps/meteor/ticket?xrfkey=iX83QmNlvu87yyAB

Headers: 
X-Qlik-User needs to be a root admin account in Qlik Sense 


Request Body:

{
  "UserDirectory": "DOMAIN",
  "UserId": "user1",
  "Attributes": [
    {
      "group": "value1a"
    }]
}

Response:

Test the generated ticket

In order to test the generated ticket, just go to your browser and open:
https://{qlik sense server name}/{virtual proxy prefix}/hub?QlikTicket={ticket number}

In our example, it will be:
https://qlikserver1.domain.local/meteor/hub?QlikTicket=LltGyReYDgmuTCWX

*Make sure that you are not already logged in. If you are already logged and send a ticket in the URL, it will simply be ignored.
*The ticket must be consumed within 60 seconds.