Mastering Qlik Sense

Root API

Namespace: qlik

The Root API is the external interface to Qlik Sense—it provides methods to open apps, get a reference to a current app, or set the specific language. In summary, it's the root of all other subsequent hierarchical API calls. Two examples will illustrate how it works:

• Set a specific language: This example showcases how to programmatically set a particular type of language within Qlik Sense:

require(['qlik'], function(qlik) {    //set the language to something else than default language      qlik.setLanguage('es-EN')});

• Get a list of available apps: This example retrieves a list of all available apps and writes them on to the console log:

require(['qlik'], function(qlik) {     qlik.getAppList(function(list){          var str = ""; ...