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Anonymous

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4 years ago

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PowerBI API - 400 Bad Request - On postman

I tried Power BI API in postman

Generate access token:

I created an app in azure,created certificate
Updated PowerBI API permissions
Gave access to the app in Power BI dashboard

Response Body:

{

"token_type": "Bearer",

"expires_in": 3599,

"ext_expires_in": 3599,

"access_token": "ey....Q"

}

GET request:

https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/d..5/reports/1..1/GenerateToken

Body:

{

"accessLevel":"View",

"allowSaveAs" : "false"

}

But I still 400 Bad request error

Please help

v-chenwuz-msft
4 years ago
Hi Anonymous ,

It works when i try it. Did you change the host in the headers?

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Community Support Team _ chenwu zhu

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4 Replies

v-chenwuz-msft
Community Support
4 years ago
Hi Anonymous ,

Your calling url should be "https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/GenerateToken" and dataset and report id should be contained in body.

You can try this in Embed Token - Generate Token - REST API (Power BI Power BI REST APIs) | Microsoft Learn

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Community Support Team _ chenwu zhu

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- Anonymous
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  4 years ago
  Hello v-chenwuz-msft
  Thank you for the reply,
  I still get this error in postman
  but it worked in the microsoft try it. any idea if I am going wrong somewhere?
  - v-chenwuz-msft
    Community Support
    4 years ago
    Hi Anonymous ,
    
    It works when i try it. Did you change the host in the headers?
    
    Best Regards
    
    Community Support Team _ chenwu zhu
    
    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.