QGIS Installation and Configuration

AmigoCloud integration is included in QGIS starting from version 3.0 and up. 

Installation

The easiest way to install QGIS is by using the standalone installer from QGIS.ORG.

 AmigoCloud Plugin

 The QGIS AmigoCloud plugin can be installed from the QGIS Plugin Manager. 

After successful installation, use the AmigoCloud plugin to add a vector layer:

API Access Token

To connect to AmigoCloud server, a token with proper access permissions should be be generated using the AmigoCloud dashboard as described here: Generate API tokens. Make sure to create a User token type. 

 AmigoCloud API token should be set in Connection Settings view. After the API token is set, select your project and dataset to create a QGIS vector layer

Troubleshoot

• Older versions of QGIS (3.6 and earlier) may fails to connect to AmigoCloud server, in this case adding this environment variable should solve the issue.

         GDAL_HTTP_UNSAFESSL=YES

• On Mac OS platform the plugin may fail with this error: 

           ssl.SSLError: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed

           In this case MacOS users can resolve it by opening Finder and double clicking on this file

            /Applications/Python 3.6/Install Certificates.command