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wkeicher
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API Calls with Parameters = need help

Need Help with Invoking API Call with Paramaters.

 

The API call is as follows. I am passing in the paramater (newsdate)

https://api.sportsdata.io/v3/nba/scores/json/NewsByDate/2020-MAR-08

 

getapidata.png

 

When I invoke the following:

invoke.png

 

I get the following error

error.png

 

I believe this has to do with formatting the Parameter, but it has numbers and characters.

 

Assistance would be greatly appreciated.

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@amitchandak @v-yuta-msft 

 

I actually figured it out. I had to declare the (newsdate as text) =>

Source = Json.Document(Web.Contents(Text.From("https://api.sportsdata.io/v3/nba/scores/json/NewsByDate/"&(newsdate)&"

 

Thanks for your guidance.

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v-yuta-msft
Community Support
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@wkeicher ,

 

You need to convert date to text type like below:

Text.From(newsdate)

 

Or use query parameter instead and try again, please refer to:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-query/power-query-query-parameters

 

Community Support Team _ Jimmy Tao

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

Thank you for the response.

 

It seems I still have a formatting issue. Teh URL has specific requirements when passing the date - YYYY-MMM-DD or 2020-MAR-07.

input.pngformat.png

Thanks,

Wayne

@wkeicher ,

 

I would suggest you to use fiddler to catch the actual http request and check if the URL in fiddler is same with that in power query.

 

Regards,

Jimmy Tao

@amitchandak @v-yuta-msft 

 

I actually figured it out. I had to declare the (newsdate as text) =>

Source = Json.Document(Web.Contents(Text.From("https://api.sportsdata.io/v3/nba/scores/json/NewsByDate/"&(newsdate)&"

 

Thanks for your guidance.

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