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CRMPowerBI
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11 years ago

Example Request: How to Authenticate (Silently) with Javascript to Power BI Rest API

Hello,   I am trying to create a client that will authenticate to PowerBI via JavaScript. I have attempted to use the ADAL JS but none of the examples actually show how to authenticate to a service...
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11 years ago

Did you find a solution to this?

 

Thanks

  • CRMPowerBI's avatar
    CRMPowerBI
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    11 years ago

    Nope, no answer.

     

    I am posted on the MSDN priority forums on how to do OATH2 "service" authentication (which is what I want to do here), using JavaScript and all I kept getting was pointed at the same sample over and over that isn't a client side authorization example (service), it's a SingularJS WebAPI controller method protection example using ADAL

     

    I am sure this is possible... just not something I have pieced together.

     

    Cheers.

    • JasonDunbar's avatar
      JasonDunbar
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      10 years ago

      Hi there,

       

      Did you get any further with this... Seems we've also hit the same roadblock; trying to do this entirely in javascript. We know that we can host a Web Service somewhere to act as a proxy and get around the cross-domain challenge, but then we're not going to achieve what we set out to do: a pure client-scripted approach that we can embed anywhere.

       

      Would be great if you could provide an update on where you're at with this...

       

      Jason

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        CRMPowerBI
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        10 years ago

        Sorry I didn't get anywhere on this.

         

        Doesn't seem possible. If it is, it's such a closely regarded secret no one wants to tell.... Stinks, if you want to create cross domain , cross platform non-aspx pages, how in the world are you supposed to do it, if you can't authenticate.