Step 2: Get 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.GetSessionEmbedUrlRequest;
import com.amazonaws.services.quicksight.model.GetSessionEmbedUrlResult;

/**
 * Class to call QuickSight AWS SDK to get url for session embedding.
 */
public class GetSessionEmbedUrlQSAuth {

    private final AmazonQuickSight quickSightClient;

    public GetSessionEmbedUrlQSAuth() {
        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, // YOUR AWS ACCOUNT ID
            final String userArn // REGISTERED USER ARN TO USE FOR EMBEDDING. REFER TO GETEMBEDURL SECTION IN DEV PORTAL TO FIND OUT HOW TO GET USER ARN FOR A QUICKSIGHT USER
    ) throws Exception {
        GetSessionEmbedUrlRequest getSessionEmbedUrlRequest = new GetSessionEmbedUrlRequest()
                .withAwsAccountId(accountId)
                .withEntryPoint("/start")
                .withUserArn(userArn);

        GetSessionEmbedUrlResult sessionEmbedUrl = quickSightClient.getSessionEmbedUrl(getSessionEmbedUrlRequest);

        return sessionEmbedUrl.getEmbedUrl();
    }
}

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

function getSessionEmbedURL(
    accountId, // YOUR AWS ACCOUNT ID
    userArn, // REGISTERED USER ARN TO USE FOR EMBEDDING. REFER TO GETEMBEDURL SECTION IN DEV PORTAL TO FIND OUT HOW TO GET USER ARN FOR A QUICKSIGHT USER
    getEmbedUrlCallback, // GETEMBEDURL SUCCESS CALLBACK METHOD
    errorCallback // GETEMBEDURL ERROR CALLBACK METHOD
    ) {
    const getSessionParams = {
        AwsAccountId: accountId,
        EntryPoint: "/start",
        UserArn: userArn,
        SessionLifetimeInMinutes: 600,
    };

    const quicksightGetSession = new AWS.QuickSight({
        region: process.env.AWS_REGION,
    });

    quicksightGetSession.getSessionEmbedUrl(getSessionParams, 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
import time

# Create QuickSight and STS clients
qs = boto3.client('quicksight',region_name='us-east-1')
sts = boto3.client('sts')

# Function to generate embedded URL
# accountId: YOUR AWS ACCOUNT ID
# userArn: REGISTERED USER ARN TO USE FOR EMBEDDING. REFER TO GETEMBEDURL SECTION IN DEV PORTAL TO FIND OUT HOW TO GET USER ARN FOR A QUICKSIGHT USER
def getSessionEmbedURL(accountId, userArn):
    try:
        response = qs.get_session_embed_url(
            AwsAccountId = accountId,
            EntryPoint = "/start",
            UserArn = userArn,
            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)

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

const AWS = require('aws-sdk');
            const https = require('https');
            
            var quicksight = new AWS.Service({
                apiConfig: require('./quicksight-2018-04-01.min.json'),
                region: 'us-east-1',
            });
            
            quicksight.GetSessionEmbedUrl({
                'AwsAccountId': '111122223333',
                'EntryPoint': 'https://url-for-console-page-to-open',
                'SessionLifetimeInMinutes': 600,
                'UserArn': 'USER_ARN'
            
            }, 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://dashboards.example.com/embed/620bef10822743fab329fb3751187d2d…
              RequestId: '7bee030e-f191-45c4-97fe-d9faf0e03713' }

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

            var client = new AmazonQuickSightClient(
                AccessKey,
                SecretAccessKey,
                sessionToken,
                Amazon.RegionEndpoint.USEast1);
            try
            {
                Console.WriteLine(
                    client.GetSessionEmbedUrlAsync(new GetSessionEmbedUrlRequest
                    {
                'AwsAccountId': '111122223333',
                'EntryPoint': 'https://url-for-console-page-to-open',
                'SessionLifetimeInMinutes': 600,
                'UserArn': 'USER_ARN'
                        AwsAccountId = 111122223333,
                        EntryPoint = https://url-for-console-page-to-open,
                        SessionLifetimeInMinutes = 600,
                        UserArn = 'USER_ARN'
                    }).Result.EmbedUrl
                );
            } catch (Exception ex) {
                Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
            }               

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

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

aws sts assume-role \
     --role-arn "arn:aws: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 are 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_console_session_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 a console session.

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: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 the 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 appropriate group. 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 QuickSight console session.

Finally, to get a signed URL for the console session, call get-session-embed-url from the app server. This returns the embeddable console session URL. The following example shows how to get the URL for an embedded console session using a server-side call for users authenticated through AWS Managed Microsoft AD or Single Sign-on (IAM Identity Center).

aws quicksight get-dashboard-embed-url \
     --aws-account-id 111122223333 \
     --entry-point the-url-for--the-console-session \
     --session-lifetime-in-minutes 600 \
     --user-arn arn:aws:quicksight:us-east-1:111122223333:user/default/embedding_quicksight_dashboard_role/embeddingsession        

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