topic Re: Import API help in Developer

Import API help

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 19:36:59 GMT

Hello all,

I'm trying to make use of the PBI Import in Group API but I'm having a hard time understanding how to get it to work.

If I'm importing a .pbix, what are the steps that I need to take to make use of the API? Do I need to encode the file? Does it have to be stored in a certain place?

I'm not finding any useful documentation on this, any help would be appreciated.

Chris

Re: Import API help

lbendlin — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 20:13:12 GMT

I thought the documentation is pretty straightforward. Where are you stuck?

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/imports

Re: Import API help

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 20:17:57 GMT

@lbendlin How do I call the file that I want to import? That's the part that I'm stuck on. Where does the file need to be stored? How do I call it in the body? Does it need to be encoded? How do I encode it if it does?

Re: Import API help

lbendlin — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 20:33:40 GMT

Assuming your pbix file is under 1GB:

To import a file, request Headers should include Content-Type: multipart/form-data with the file encoded as form data in the request body.

https://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html

For larger files yes, you need to prepare the temporary location first.