Step 2: Generate the URL with the authentication code attached - Amazon QuickSight
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Step 2: Generate the URL with the authentication code attached

 Applies to: Enterprise Edition 
   Intended audience: Amazon QuickSight developers 

In the following section, you can find how to authenticate on behalf of the anonymous visitor and get the embeddable dashboard URL on your application server.

When a user accesses your app, the app assumes the IAM role on the user's behalf. Then it adds the user to QuickSight, if that user doesn't already exist. Next, it passes an identifier as the unique role session ID.

The following examples perform the IAM authentication on the user's behalf. It passes an identifier as the unique role session ID. This code runs on your app server.

Java
import java.util.List; import com.amazonaws.auth.AWSCredentials; import com.amazonaws.auth.AWSCredentialsProvider; import com.amazonaws.auth.BasicAWSCredentials; import com.amazonaws.regions.Regions; import com.amazonaws.services.quicksight.AmazonQuickSight; import com.amazonaws.services.quicksight.AmazonQuickSightClientBuilder; import com.amazonaws.services.quicksight.model.RegisteredUserDashboardEmbeddingConfiguration; import com.amazonaws.services.quicksight.model.AnonymousUserEmbeddingExperienceConfiguration; import com.amazonaws.services.quicksight.model.GenerateEmbedUrlForAnonymousUserRequest; import com.amazonaws.services.quicksight.model.GenerateEmbedUrlForAnonymousUserResult; import com.amazonaws.services.quicksight.model.SessionTag; /** * Class to call QuickSight Amazon SDK to generate embed url for anonymous user. */ public class GenerateEmbedUrlForAnonymousUserExample { private final AmazonQuickSight quickSightClient; public GenerateEmbedUrlForAnonymousUserExample() { quickSightClient = AmazonQuickSightClientBuilder .standard() .withRegion(Regions.US_EAST_1.getName()) .withCredentials(new AWSCredentialsProvider() { @Override public AWSCredentials getCredentials() { // provide actual IAM access key and secret key here return new BasicAWSCredentials("access-key", "secret-key"); } @Override public void refresh() { } } ) .build(); } public String GenerateEmbedUrlForAnonymousUser( final String accountId, // YOUR Amazon ACCOUNT ID final String initialDashboardId, // DASHBOARD ID TO WHICH THE CONSTRUCTED URL POINTS. final String namespace, // ANONYMOUS EMBEDDING REQUIRES SPECIFYING A VALID NAMESPACE FOR WHICH YOU WANT THE EMBEDDING URL final List<String> authorizedResourceArns, // DASHBOARD ARN LIST TO EMBED final List<String> allowedDomains, // RUNTIME ALLOWED DOMAINS FOR EMBEDDING final List<SessionTag> sessionTags // SESSION TAGS USED FOR ROW-LEVEL SECURITY ) throws Exception { AnonymousUserEmbeddingExperienceConfiguration experienceConfiguration = new AnonymousUserEmbeddingExperienceConfiguration(); AnonymousUserDashboardEmbeddingConfiguration dashboardConfiguration = new AnonymousUserDashboardEmbeddingConfiguration(); dashboardConfiguration.setInitialDashboardId(initialDashboardId); experienceConfiguration.setDashboard(dashboardConfiguration); GenerateEmbedUrlForAnonymousUserRequest generateEmbedUrlForAnonymousUserRequest = new GenerateEmbedUrlForAnonymousUserRequest() .withAwsAccountId(accountId) .withNamespace(namespace) .withAuthorizedResourceArns(authorizedResourceArns) .withExperienceConfiguration(experienceConfiguration) .withSessionTags(sessionTags) .withSessionLifetimeInMinutes(600L); // OPTIONAL: VALUE CAN BE [15-600]. DEFAULT: 600 .withAllowedDomains(allowedDomains); GenerateEmbedUrlForAnonymousUserResult dashboardEmbedUrl = quickSightClient.generateEmbedUrlForAnonymousUser(generateEmbedUrlForAnonymousUserRequest); return dashboardEmbedUrl.getEmbedUrl(); } }
JavaScript
global.fetch = require('node-fetch'); const Amazon = require('aws-sdk'); function generateEmbedUrlForAnonymousUser( accountId, // YOUR Amazon ACCOUNT ID initialDashboardId, // DASHBOARD ID TO WHICH THE CONSTRUCTED URL POINTS quicksightNamespace, // VALID NAMESPACE WHERE YOU WANT TO DO NOAUTH EMBEDDING authorizedResourceArns, // DASHBOARD ARN LIST TO EMBED allowedDomains, // RUNTIME ALLOWED DOMAINS FOR EMBEDDING sessionTags, // SESSION TAGS USED FOR ROW-LEVEL SECURITY generateEmbedUrlForAnonymousUserCallback, // GENERATEEMBEDURLFORANONYMOUSUSER SUCCESS CALLBACK METHOD errorCallback // GENERATEEMBEDURLFORANONYMOUSUSER ERROR CALLBACK METHOD ) { const experienceConfiguration = { "DashboardVisual": { "InitialDashboardVisualId": { "DashboardId": "dashboard_id", "SheetId": "sheet_id", "VisualId": "visual_id" } } }; const generateEmbedUrlForAnonymousUserParams = { "AwsAccountId": accountId, "Namespace": quicksightNamespace, "AuthorizedResourceArns": authorizedResourceArns, "AllowedDomains": allowedDomains, "ExperienceConfiguration": experienceConfiguration, "SessionTags": sessionTags, "SessionLifetimeInMinutes": 600 }; const quicksightClient = new AWS.QuickSight({ region: process.env.AWS_REGION, credentials: { accessKeyId: AccessKeyId, secretAccessKey: SecretAccessKey, sessionToken: SessionToken, expiration: Expiration } }); quicksightClient.generateEmbedUrlForAnonymousUser(generateEmbedUrlForAnonymousUserParams, function(err, data) { if (err) { console.log(err, err.stack); errorCallback(err); } else { const result = { "statusCode": 200, "headers": { "Access-Control-Allow-Origin": "*", // USE YOUR WEBSITE DOMAIN TO SECURE ACCESS TO THIS API "Access-Control-Allow-Headers": "Content-Type" }, "body": JSON.stringify(data), "isBase64Encoded": false } generateEmbedUrlForAnonymousUserCallback(result); } }); }
Python3
import json import boto3 from botocore.exceptions import ClientError import time # Create QuickSight and STS clients quicksightClient = boto3.client('quicksight',region_name='us-west-2') sts = boto3.client('sts') # Function to generate embedded URL for anonymous user # accountId: YOUR AWS ACCOUNT ID # quicksightNamespace: VALID NAMESPACE WHERE YOU WANT TO DO NOAUTH EMBEDDING # authorizedResourceArns: DASHBOARD ARN LIST TO EMBED # allowedDomains: RUNTIME ALLOWED DOMAINS FOR EMBEDDING # dashboardId: DASHBOARD ID TO WHICH THE CONSTRUCTED URL POINTS # sessionTags: SESSION TAGS USED FOR ROW-LEVEL SECURITY def generateEmbedUrlForAnonymousUser(accountId, quicksightNamespace, authorizedResourceArns, allowedDomains, dashboardId, sessionTags): try: response = quicksightClient.generate_embed_url_for_anonymous_user( AwsAccountId = accountId, Namespace = quicksightNamespace, AuthorizedResourceArns = authorizedResourceArns, AllowedDomains = allowedDomains, ExperienceConfiguration = { "Dashboard": { "InitialDashboardId": dashboardId } }, SessionTags = sessionTags, SessionLifetimeInMinutes = 600 ) return { 'statusCode': 200, 'headers': {"Access-Control-Allow-Origin": "*", "Access-Control-Allow-Headers": "Content-Type"}, 'body': json.dumps(response), 'isBase64Encoded': bool('false') } except ClientError as e: print(e) return "Error generating embeddedURL: " + str(e)
Node.js

The following example shows the JavaScript (Node.js) that you can use on the app server to generate the URL for the embedded dashboard. You can use this URL in your website or app to display the dashboard.

const Amazon = require('aws-sdk'); const https = require('https'); var quicksightClient = new AWS.Service({ apiConfig: require('./quicksight-2018-04-01.min.json'), region: 'us-east-1', }); quicksightClient.generateEmbedUrlForAnonymousUser({ 'AwsAccountId': '111122223333', 'Namespace' : 'default', 'AuthorizedResourceArns': authorizedResourceArns, 'AllowedDomains': allowedDomains, 'ExperienceConfiguration': experienceConfiguration, 'SessionTags': sessionTags, 'SessionLifetimeInMinutes': 600 }, function(err, data) { console.log('Errors: '); console.log(err); console.log('Response: '); console.log(data); });
//The URL returned is over 900 characters. For this example, we've shortened the string for //readability and added ellipsis to indicate that it's incomplete. { Status: 200, EmbedUrl: 'https://quicksightdomain/embed/12345/dashboards/67890..', RequestId: '7bee030e-f191-45c4-97fe-d9faf0e03713' }
.NET/C#

The following example shows the .NET/C# code that you can use on the app server to generate the URL for the embedded dashboard. You can use this URL in your website or app to display the dashboard.

using System; using Amazon.QuickSight; using Amazon.QuickSight.Model; var quicksightClient = new AmazonQuickSightClient( AccessKey, SecretAccessKey, sessionToken, Amazon.RegionEndpoint.USEast1); try { Console.WriteLine( quicksightClient.GenerateEmbedUrlForAnonymousUserAsync(new GenerateEmbedUrlForAnonymousUserRequest { AwsAccountId = "111122223333", Namespace = default, AuthorizedResourceArns = authorizedResourceArns, AllowedDomains = allowedDomains, ExperienceConfiguration = experienceConfiguration, SessionTags = sessionTags, SessionLifetimeInMinutes = 600, }).Result.EmbedUrl ); } catch (Exception ex) { Console.WriteLine(ex.Message); }
Amazon CLI

To assume the role, choose one of the following Amazon Security Token Service (Amazon STS) API operations:

  • AssumeRole – Use this operation when you're using an IAM identity to assume the role.

  • AssumeRoleWithWebIdentity – Use this operation when you're using a web identity provider to authenticate your user.

  • AssumeRoleWithSaml – Use this operation when you're using Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) to authenticate your users.

The following example shows the CLI command to set the IAM role. The role needs to have permissions enabled for quicksight:GenerateEmbedUrlForAnonymousUser.

aws sts assume-role \ --role-arn "arn:aws-cn:iam::11112222333:role/QuickSightEmbeddingAnonymousPolicy" \ --role-session-name anonymous caller

The assume-role operation returns three output parameters: the access key, the secret key, and the session token.

Note

If you get an ExpiredToken error when calling the AssumeRole operation, this is probably because the previous SESSION TOKEN is still in the environment variables. Clear this by setting the following variables:

  • AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID

  • AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY

  • AWS_SESSION_TOKEN

The following example shows how to set these three parameters in the CLI. If you're using a Microsoft Windows machine, use set instead of export.

export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = "access_key_from_assume_role" export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = "secret_key_from_assume_role" export AWS_SESSION_TOKEN = "session_token_from_assume_role"

Running these commands sets the role session ID of the user visiting your website to embedding_quicksight_dashboard_role/QuickSightEmbeddingAnonymousPolicy. The role session ID is made up of the role name from role-arn and the role-session-name value. Using the unique role session ID for each user ensures that appropriate permissions are set for each visiting user. It also keeps each session separate and distinct. If you're using an array of web servers, for example for load balancing, and a session is reconnected to a different server, a new session begins.

To get a signed URL for the dashboard, call generate-embed-url-for-anynymous-user from the app server. This returns the embeddable dashboard URL. The following example shows how to generate the URL for an embedded dashboard using a server-side call for users who are making anonymous visits to your web portal or app.

aws quicksight generate-embed-url-for-anonymous-user \ --aws-account-id 111122223333 \ --namespace default-or-something-else \ --session-lifetime-in-minutes 15 \ --authorized-resource-arns '["dashboard-arn-1","dashboard-arn-2"]' \ --allowed-domains '["domain1","domain2"]' \ --session-tags '["Key": tag-key-1,"Value": tag-value-1,{"Key": tag-key-1,"Value": tag-value-1}]' \ --experience-configuration 'DashboardVisual={InitialDashboardVisualId={DashboardId=dashboard_id,SheetId=sheet_id,VisualId=visual_id}}'

For more information about using this operation, see GenerateEmbedUrlForAnonymousUser. You can use this and other API operations in your own code.