topic Re: How does one find the app id for an app in WAB? in ArcGIS Web AppBuilder Questions

How does one find the app id for an app in WAB?

BryanPreston — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:35:16 GMT

Exceedingly simple question from a new WAB user.

I created and modified an app. Where do I find the "app item id" for it in Web AppBuilder?

I'm looking at this part of the documentation:

My main goal is to share this on a public website, so I understand I can't use the url for the app that is tied into my actual machine.

cheers

Re: How does one find the app id for an app in WAB?

SteveCole — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:51:50 GMT

When you register your app inside of your Portal or with AGOL, it generates the App ID and that's what you're seeking. You can see the App ID in this screenshot:

The Data Source URL and the Redirect URI should be the same URL and that would be the URL to your application, installed on your server (i.e "https://someLocalAgency.gov/parcelViewer" or whatever you determine it to be)

Re: How does one find the app id for an app in WAB?

BryanPreston — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:55:56 GMT

Thank you, but I may be misunderstanding something. That app id in your screenshot is for the WAB app. Isn't there a separate id for a particular web app that I created within WAB?

e.g. what if I've created 10 app in my WAB content, how would that 1 app id distinguish between them?

Re: How does one find the app id for an app in WAB?

SteveCole — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 17:04:06 GMT

Unfortunately, I don't know that answer since my WAB experience has been extremely limited (working on an app on the side but nowhere near actually implementing it). Hopefully someone else will chime in but what I posted is generally what I understand when I hear ESRI mention an App ID.

Re: How does one find the app id for an app in WAB?

BryanPreston — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 17:16:40 GMT

Thanks for taking time to respond! Maybe I should be referring to what I need as the "app item id" for clarity.

Re: How does one find the app id for an app in WAB?

KenBuja — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 17:30:30 GMT

The appId is in the signininfo.json file found in server directory of your WebAppBuilder installation

Re: How does one find the app id for an app in WAB?

BryanPreston — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 17:45:08 GMT

Thank you -- these responses are clarifying for me that I'm not asking the question correctly. The WAB app id isn't what I thought I was looking for.

I'm trying to make public an app I created in WAB. Isn't this possible w/o hosting on my machine? This part of the documentation is what I thought was relevant:

If the app is shared to the public and references public items, it can be viewed through your organization URL or the public URL. The URL pattern to access the app by public is as follows:
www.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=<app item id>

What is this "app item id"?

Re: How does one find the app id for an app in WAB?

KenBuja — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 18:45:09 GMT

That will be the ID for the item in your contents folder. For example, for a WebApp I built in my organizational instance of AGOL, the item description page is

https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=03daf1d686c84ece8172ed394e287c78

and the actual WebApp is

https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=03daf1d686c84ece8172ed394e287c78

Re: How does one find the app id for an app in WAB?

BryanPreston — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 20:53:43 GMT

I understand how to find the ID for an app built in AGOL, but not for an app built in WAB.

Here is my main concern: I created an app in WAB, and I would like to share it publicly. I was referring to this doc:

https://doc.arcgis.com/en/web-appbuilder/latest/manage-apps/view-and-edit-app.htm

Re: How does one find the app id for an app in WAB?

KenBuja — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 13:06:34 GMT

Did you build this in WAB Developer Edition?

Re: How does one find the app id for an app in WAB?

JenniferAcunto — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 13:28:47 GMT

Are you using the Developer edition of Web AppBuilder or the Web AppBuilder that comes standard with ArcGIS Online or Enterprise? From your latest response I'm guessing you're using the standard version.

With the standard edition of Web AppBuilder, it behaves just like any other app built in ArcGIS Online/Enterprise. Simply share it and all underlying components publicly. From the Item Details page, if you click 'View' that is the link to your app.

You can send out that link to your users. If your ArcGIS Online organization does not allow anonymous users you will need to use the public URL that is discussed in the documentation that you referenced. The public URL is the same URL as the URL we got from the view button, but you remove your organization address from it. For Example:

Here is the 'view' URL for a public WAB app
https://dbsne.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=1292c34acf254cffb2dc18b96cab13de

Here is the 'public' URL for that same WAB app
https://arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=1292c34acf254cffb2dc18b96cab13de

The only difference is that I removed everything before 'arcgis.com'. Either link will work as my organization allows anonymous access.

If you are unsure about which link will work with your organization test it out by using both versions of your URL in a browser in InCognito Mode.

Re: How does one find the app id for an app in WAB?

BryanPreston — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 15:32:18 GMT

Yes, I created the app in WAB Developer Edition. Apologies for not making this clear previously. It sounds like I need to download the app and deploy on webserver.

I'm hoping I'm on the right track now:
https://developers.arcgis.com/web-appbuilder/guide/xt-deploy-app.htm

Re: How does one find the app id for an app in WAB?

BryanPreston — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 15:34:06 GMT

Thank you for the detailed steps here, but I should have mentioned earlier that I created this app using WAB Developer Edition.

Re: How does one find the app id for an app in WAB?

SarahBrandtner — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 16:22:22 GMT

hello, were you able to solve the problem? I have exactly the same problem and do not know a solution...:(

@BryanPreston