How do we use the widgets returned by `session.get_widget_url`?

[jen_at_haverstack]

The documentation shows how to retrieve the authenticated widget URL, but I can't find any guidance on how to actually use these widgets. Is there some way to retrieve the current user selection?

[Guest]

Hi Jen,

I believe this operation exists to support displaying information in DCC apps, but not to support interactivity like it seems you're wanting. If you had access to the web engine displaying the widget, maybe it would be possible to extra something from the URL, assuming that even changes as the user navigates around.

Here it is being used in the Python API:
https://bitbucket.org/ftrack/ftrack-python-api/src/c986b47ce4bc8636c18616b9b44b2c2a3cb87c27/source/ftrack_api/session.py#lines-2163