serializeapp

serializeapp

serializeapp is a node utility module to serialize a Qlik Sense app into a JSON object.
Pass it a qsocks or a enigma.js app object and it returns a promise containing the JSON representation of that app.

Verified to work in the browser using browserify or webpack.

installing

npm install serializeapp

or

yarn add serializeapp

examples

Connect to Qlik Sense Desktop, open a app and pass that into serializeapp.

var qsocks = require('qsocks')
var serializeapp = require('serializeapp')

qsocks.Connect()
.then(global => global.openDoc('Executive Dashboard.qvf'))
.then(app => serializeapp(app))
.then(result => console.log(result))

const serializeapp = require('serializeapp')
const enigma = require('enigma.js')
const WebSocket = require('ws')

enigma.getService('qix', {
    schema: require(`./node_modules/enigma.js/schemas/qix/3.2/schema.json`),
    session: {
        host: 'localhost',
        port: 4848,
        secure: false
    },
    createSocket: (url) => new WebSocket(url)
})
.then(qix => qix.global.openDoc('Executive Dashboard.qvf'))
.then(app => serializeapp(app))
.then(result => console.log(result))

Returns

{
properties: {}, -> @Object AppEntry
loadscript: '', -> @String Loadscript
sheets: [], -> @Array - Array of GenericObjectEntry and its children
stories: [], -> @Array - Array of GenericObjectEntry and its children
masterobjects: [], -> @Array - Array of GenericObjectEntry
dataconnections: [], -> @Array - Array of Connection
dimensions: [], -> @Array - Array of GenericDimensionProperties
measures: [], -> @Array - Array of GenericMeasureProperties
bookmarks: [], -> @Array - Array ofGenericBookmarkLayout
embeddedmedia: [], -> @Array of MediaListItem
fields: [], -> @Array of NxFieldDescription
snapshots: [] -> @Array of Array of GenericBookmarkLayout
}