Step 2: Generate the URL with the authentication code attached

import com.amazonaws.auth.AWSCredentials;
    import com.amazonaws.auth.BasicAWSCredentials;
    import com.amazonaws.auth.AWSCredentialsProvider;
    import com.amazonaws.regions.Regions;
    import com.amazonaws.services.quicksight.AmazonQuickSight;
    import com.amazonaws.services.quicksight.AmazonQuickSightClientBuilder;
    import com.amazonaws.services.quicksight.model.GenerateEmbedUrlForRegisteredUserRequest;
    import com.amazonaws.services.quicksight.model.GenerateEmbedUrlForRegisteredUserResult;
    import com.amazonaws.services.quicksight.model.RegisteredUserEmbeddingExperienceConfiguration;
    import com.amazonaws.services.quicksight.model.RegisteredUserDashboardEmbeddingConfiguration;

    /**
    * Class to call QuickSight Amazon SDK to get url for dashboard embedding.
    */
    public class GetQuicksightEmbedUrlRegisteredUserDashboardEmbedding {

        private final AmazonQuickSight quickSightClient;

        public GetQuicksightEmbedUrlRegisteredUserDashboardEmbedding() {
            this.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 getQuicksightEmbedUrl(
                final String accountId, // Amazon Account ID
                final String dashboardId, // Dashboard ID to embed
                final List<String> allowedDomains, // Runtime allowed domain for embedding
                final String userArn // Registered user arn to use for embedding. Refer to Get Embed Url section in developer portal to find out how to get user arn for a QuickSight user.
        ) throws Exception {
            final RegisteredUserEmbeddingExperienceConfiguration experienceConfiguration = new RegisteredUserEmbeddingExperienceConfiguration()
                    .withDashboard(new RegisteredUserDashboardEmbeddingConfiguration().withInitialDashboardId(dashboardId));
            final GenerateEmbedUrlForRegisteredUserRequest generateEmbedUrlForRegisteredUserRequest = new GenerateEmbedUrlForRegisteredUserRequest();
            generateEmbedUrlForRegisteredUserRequest.setAwsAccountId(accountId);
            generateEmbedUrlForRegisteredUserRequest.setUserArn(userArn);
            generateEmbedUrlForRegisteredUserRequest.setAllowedDomains(allowedDomains);
            generateEmbedUrlForRegisteredUserRequest.setExperienceConfiguration(experienceConfiguration);

            final GenerateEmbedUrlForRegisteredUserResult generateEmbedUrlForRegisteredUserResult = quickSightClient.generateEmbedUrlForRegisteredUser(generateEmbedUrlForRegisteredUserRequest);

            return generateEmbedUrlForRegisteredUserResult.getEmbedUrl();
        }
    }

global.fetch = require('node-fetch');
    const Amazon = require('aws-sdk');

    function generateEmbedUrlForRegisteredUser(
        accountId,
        dashboardId,
        openIdToken, // Cognito-based token
        userArn, // registered user arn
        roleArn, // IAM user role to use for embedding
        sessionName, // Session name for the roleArn assume role
        allowedDomains, // Runtime allowed domain for embedding
        getEmbedUrlCallback, // GetEmbedUrl success callback method
        errorCallback // GetEmbedUrl error callback method
        ) {
        const stsClient = new AWS.STS();
        let stsParams = {
            RoleSessionName: sessionName,
            WebIdentityToken: openIdToken,
            RoleArn: roleArn
        }

        stsClient.assumeRoleWithWebIdentity(stsParams, function(err, data) {
            if (err) {
                console.log('Error assuming role');
                console.log(err, err.stack);
                errorCallback(err);
            } else {
                const getDashboardParams = {
                    "AwsAccountId": accountId,
                    "ExperienceConfiguration": {
                        "Dashboard": {
                            "InitialDashboardId": dashboardId
                        }
                    },
                    "UserArn": userArn,
                    "AllowedDomains": allowedDomains,
                    "SessionLifetimeInMinutes": 600
                };

                const quicksightClient = new AWS.QuickSight({
                    region: process.env.AWS_REGION,
                    credentials: {
                        accessKeyId: data.Credentials.AccessKeyId,
                        secretAccessKey: data.Credentials.SecretAccessKey,
                        sessionToken: data.Credentials.SessionToken,
                        expiration: data.Credentials.Expiration
                    }
                });

                quicksightClient.generateEmbedUrlForRegisteredUser(getDashboardParams, 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 GetEmbedUrl API
                                "Access-Control-Allow-Headers": "Content-Type"
                            },
                            "body": JSON.stringify(data),
                            "isBase64Encoded": false
                        }
                        getEmbedUrlCallback(result);
                    }
                });
            }
        });
    }

import json
import boto3
from botocore.exceptions import ClientError

sts = boto3.client('sts')

# Function to generate embedded URL  
# accountId: AWS account ID
# dashboardId: Dashboard ID to embed
# userArn: arn of registered user
# allowedDomains: Runtime allowed domain for embedding
# roleArn: IAM user role to use for embedding
# sessionName: session name for the roleArn assume role
def getEmbeddingURL(accountId, dashboardId, userArn, allowedDomains, roleArn, sessionName):
    try:
        assumedRole = sts.assume_role(
            RoleArn = roleArn,
            RoleSessionName = sessionName,
        )
    except ClientError as e:
        return "Error assuming role: " + str(e)
    else: 
        assumedRoleSession = boto3.Session(
            aws_access_key_id = assumedRole['Credentials']['AccessKeyId'],
            aws_secret_access_key = assumedRole['Credentials']['SecretAccessKey'],
            aws_session_token = assumedRole['Credentials']['SessionToken'],
        )
        try:
            quicksightClient = assumedRoleSession.client('quicksight', region_name='us-west-2')
            response = quicksightClient.generate_embed_url_for_registered_user(
                AwsAccountId=accountId,
                ExperienceConfiguration = {
                    "Dashboard": {
                        "InitialDashboardId": dashboardId
                    }
                },
                UserArn = userArn,
                AllowedDomains = allowedDomains,
                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:
            return "Error generating embedding url: " + str(e)

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.generateEmbedUrlForRegisteredUser({
        'AwsAccountId': '111122223333',
        'ExperienceConfiguration': { 
            'Dashboard': {
                'InitialDashboardId': '1c1fe111-e2d2-3b30-44ef-a0e111111cde'
            }
        },
        'UserArn': 'REGISTERED_USER_ARN',
        'AllowedDomains': allowedDomains,
        'SessionLifetimeInMinutes': 100
    }, 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' 
        }

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;

    namespace GenerateDashboardEmbedUrlForRegisteredUser
    {
        class Program
        {
            static void Main(string[] args)
            {
                var quicksightClient = new AmazonQuickSightClient(
                    AccessKey,
                    SecretAccessKey,
                    SessionToken,
                    Amazon.RegionEndpoint.USEast1);
                try
                {
                    RegisteredUserDashboardEmbeddingConfiguration registeredUserDashboardEmbeddingConfiguration
                        = new RegisteredUserDashboardEmbeddingConfiguration
                        {
                            InitialDashboardId = "dashboardId"
                        };
                    RegisteredUserEmbeddingExperienceConfiguration registeredUserEmbeddingExperienceConfiguration
                        = new RegisteredUserEmbeddingExperienceConfiguration
                        {
                            Dashboard = registeredUserDashboardEmbeddingConfiguration
                        };
                        
                    Console.WriteLine(
                        quicksightClient.GenerateEmbedUrlForRegisteredUserAsync(new GenerateEmbedUrlForRegisteredUserRequest
                        {
                            AwsAccountId = "111122223333",
                            ExperienceConfiguration = registeredUserEmbeddingExperienceConfiguration,
                            UserArn = "REGISTERED_USER_ARN",
                            AllowedDomains = allowedDomains,
                            SessionLifetimeInMinutes = 100
                        }).Result.EmbedUrl
                    );
                } catch (Exception ex) {
                    Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
                }
            }
        }
    }

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

The following example shows the CLI command to set the IAM role. The role needs to have permissions enabled for quicksight:GenerateEmbedUrlForRegisteredUser. If you are taking a just-in-time approach to add users when they first open a dashboard, the role also needs permissions enabled for quicksight:RegisterUser.

aws sts assume-role \
        --role-arn "arn:aws-cn:iam::111122223333:role/embedding_quicksight_dashboard_role" \
        --role-session-name john.doe@example.com

The assume-role operation returns three output parameters: the access key, the secret key, and the 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/john.doe@example.com. 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 user. It also prevents any throttling of user access. Throttling is a security feature that prevents the same user from accessing QuickSight from multiple locations.

The role session ID also becomes the user name in QuickSight. You can use this pattern to provision your users in QuickSight ahead of time, or to provision them the first time they access the dashboard.

The following example shows the CLI command that you can use to provision a user. For more information about RegisterUser, DescribeUser, and other QuickSight API operations, see the QuickSight API Reference.

aws quicksight register-user \
        --aws-account-id 111122223333 \
        --namespace default \
        --identity-type IAM \
        --iam-arn "arn:aws-cn:iam::111122223333:role/embedding_quicksight_dashboard_role" \
        --user-role READER \
        --user-name jhnd \
        --session-name "john.doe@example.com" \
        --email john.doe@example.com \
        --region us-east-1 \
        --custom-permissions-name TeamA1

If your user is authenticated through Microsoft AD, you don't need to use RegisterUser to set them up. Instead, they should be automatically subscribed the first time they access QuickSight. For Microsoft AD users, you can use DescribeUser to get the user ARN.

The first time a user accesses QuickSight, you can also add this user to the group that the dashboard is shared with. The following example shows the CLI command to add a user to a group.

aws quicksight create-group-membership \
        --aws-account-id=111122223333 \
        --namespace=default \
        --group-name=financeusers \
        --member-name="embedding_quicksight_dashboard_role/john.doe@example.com"

You now have a user of your app who is also a user of QuickSight, and who has access to the dashboard.

Finally, to get a signed URL for the dashboard, call generate-embed-url-for-registered-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 authenticated through Amazon Managed Microsoft AD or single sign-on (IAM Identity Center).

aws quicksight generate-embed-url-for-registered-user \
        --aws-account-id 111122223333 \
        --session-lifetime-in-minutes 600 \
        --user-arn arn:aws-cn:quicksight:us-east-1:111122223333:user/default/embedding_quicksight_visual_role/embeddingsession \
        --allowed-domains '["domain1","domain2"]' \
        --experience-configuration Dashboard={InitialDashboardId=1a1ac2b2-3fc3-4b44-5e5d-c6db6778df89}
    

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