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Power BI Rest API authentication token error

gauthamboppana — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 16:26:58 GMT

I am try get the authentcation token for the Power BI REST api.

Getting the below error.

Followed the solution from the below link, buy no luck.
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Power-Query/Connect-to-API-Bad-Request-Error/td-p/910259

Please can any one guide me.

Re: Power BI Rest API authentication token error

lbendlin — Sat, 23 Jul 2022 21:31:08 GMT

You have a typo - "TennatID"

Re: Power BI Rest API authentication token error

gauthamboppana — Sat, 23 Jul 2022 22:57:49 GMT

lbendlin - Yes, that's not the issue :). Tha just my mistake when grabbing the sample screenshot.

Re: Power BI Rest API authentication token error

lbendlin — Sun, 24 Jul 2022 00:23:11 GMT

OK, so here's the bad news. According to Chris Webb you cannot use OAUTH2 authentication with the Power BI REST API from within Power Query. You can only use AAD auth (which is a simplified subset of OAUTH2).