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jayhawk
Advocate I
6 years ago

Connect to API. Bearer Token

Hi I am having a hard time connecting to data via API.  I am attempting pull out data from Samsara, https://www.samsara.com/api#. (the website is public info).  They use something called Bearer Toke...
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Icey
Community Support
6 years ago

Hi jayhawk ,

 

Sorry, I don't know much about API. Hope these documents can help you:

Connecting Power BI with API;

Integration with Power BI.

 

 

Best Regards,

Icey

 

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    6 years ago

    I am also struggling to connect to the same API using Power BI

     

    I’ve followed the Samsara API Call documentation from here: https://developers.samsara.com/docs and attempted the following ‘First API Call’ Curl instructions but using Microsoft Power BI Desktop.

     

    curl --request GET \

      --url https://api.samsara.com/fleet/drivers \

      --header 'Accept: application/json' \

      --header 'Authorization: Bearer {access_token}'

     

    The next menu asks for the Key and here I have used the API token again.

    I get the message 'An API key value wasn't specified'

    Please can anyone help me with this? Samsara have been unable to assist with the Power BI side of things.

    • jayhawk's avatar
      jayhawk
      Advocate I
      6 years ago

      Anonymous Here ya go.  You should be good to go bud.  

      Right click on the work List. 

      Right click on the work List again. 

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        Not applicable
        6 years ago

        Hey, thank you for helping so quick and also including how to drill down in to the table.

         

        I've tried following your screenshots but I'm lost again as it asks me to authenticate again.

        Clicking OK brings up this, I've gone for 'Web API' but this may not be right.

        I've also tried various iterations of the API Token, taking out the 'samsara_api_' part et., but no luck. I must be doing something else wrong!