Custom Widget Improvements

Hi all,

This is a post to notify you about an upcoming change to Custom Widgets in the next month.

We have made some changes to how Custom Widgets are loaded in Tulip Apps to provide the ability to use even more powerful capabilities like more powerful browser APIs like camera, microphone, geolocation, and more.

However, this will mean that customers using existing and new custom widgets will need to update their domain lists to include “*.tulip-custom-widgets.com”.

Please reference this Knowledge Base Article for additional information.

If you have any additional questions, please reach out to your Tulip representative.

Thanks,

Jake

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Would the domain be *mycompany…tulip-custom-widgets.com" ?

Hi @phi.nhan,

You would need to add “*.tulip-custom-widgets.com” not “.tulip.co”.

Thanks,

Jake

This is what my Network guy said about it. Do you know if any workarounds or more specific information that could be used?

Hi @phi.nhan,

I can provide a little more context about the changes to the domains used to load Custom Widgets. In the near future Custom Widgets will be loaded using a unique subdomain for each Custom Widget. An example may look like cw-9b7d5910e8b0ccc0818a65a17d89c0aec670751d.tulip-custom-widgets.com . In order for Custom Widgets to successfully load, any firewalls used to control outgoing connections in your organization’s networks will need to be configured to allow any subdomain of tulip-custom-widgets.com . This is often represented by using a wildcard * in the domain like *. tulip-custom-widgets.com , but might be configured differently in different systems.

Thanks,

Jake

@Sharma, Ravi, Is there enough information for you?

Hi Jake,

What impact does this have on running applications that use custom widgets?

Is updating the domain list mandatory for all instances that already use custom widgets or only for the mentioned powerful widgets?

What are the consequences if it is not updated/not updated in time?

Kind Regards,
Paul

Hi @pwied,

This would impact existing and new custom widgets so we would recommend both.

If not updated in time, some custom widgets may not work properly. Tulip will be implementing safeguards and try to ensure that customers have been notified before we roll out this change.

Sincerely,

Jake

When will this be implemented? Could you give us a rough schedule you have now? Thank you.

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