Happy new year to you! Just a very short post today with a little fun and possibly a warning. You may be aware that you can use the Qlik Sense API’s on your Qlik Sense Desktop, but are you also aware that any webpage can access them? The widget on the top right contains some JavaScript that tries to connect to your local Qlik Sense Desktop, if it succeeds the version and number of apps are displayed. (click on the X Applications link for an application browser)
This is just some harmless fun of course, and potentially offers some nice options for Qlik bloggers, for example click to automatically generate an app, online performance analyzer, etc. Just be aware that there could also be more nefarious purposes, for example deleting applications or extracting data. It’s probably very unlikely that someone will target this, but good to keep in mind anyway.
On a different note, Qlik Sense 3.1 SR4 was released yesterday. And, if you’re based in The Netherlands (or willing to travel there) and interested in Qlik Sense web development with mashups, extensions and widgets then we have an interesting training coming up. More info here (in Dutch, but training will be in English, contact me if you’re interested).
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Nice gimmick with accessing the Qlik Sense Destop but I think the possibilities are rather limited here to mashup functionality. IMHO not a real danger..
Yeah, it’s just a fun little gimmick. I doubt many people do much serious development on Qlik Sense Desktop, so the risk is pretty low.
..so you can use Root API an Global API, nothing else.
Interesting, not sure the benefit yet, but it may come.
When accessed in Chrome og Firefox the widget gives a result.
With Edge it just gives an error:
WebSocket Error: SECURITY_ERR, Cross zone connection not allowed
Hi Jens,
I guess Edge is more secure than Chrome and Firefox 😉 (didn’t test against Edge, only FF, Chrome and IE).
With regards to practical applications, those are probably very limited. Where I intend to use this is for training materials (for example for the Masters Summit for Qlik). Rather than having everyone searching through QS Desktop, we’ll provide a nice interface from where the example and exercise files can be browsed/opened. This also lets us include additional documentation, slide decks, reference materials etc.
Kind regards,
Barry