How to download Large size .PBIX file from PBI service in less time using REST API in Python?

pbi_sujay — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 06:39:58 GMT

We are able to download PBIX file from PBI service using REST API in Python.
For small size files it takes few minutes but it takes more than 4-5 hours to download 840MB file.
How to download Large size .PBIX file from PBI service in less time using REST API in Python?

Please find below sample code used for same :

with requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=params, stream=True) as response:

response.raise_for_status()

with open(pbix_fileName, 'wb') as report_file:

for chunk in response.iter_content(chunk_size=1024 * 8): # 1MB chunks

if chunk:

report_file.write(chunk)

report_file.flush()

os.fsync(report_file.fileno())

print("success!")

Re: How to download Large size .PBIX file from PBI service in less time using REST API in Python?

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 09:16:51 GMT

Hi @pbi_sujay ,

You can refer to the sample:

https://github.com/cmberryau/pypowerbi/blob/master/pypowerbi/reports.py

For more details,you can refer to this blog:

https://www.datalineo.com/post/power-bi-rest-api-with-python-and-microsoft-authentication-library-ms...

Best Regards,
Rico Zhou

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