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gilbertendaya
Helper IV
6 years ago
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Error in getting POST request in an API

Hi,   Need your help with my issue in Power BI. Here is the M-Script   let url = URL, body = "{""limit"": -1,""sort"": {""option"": ""ASC"",""field"": [""FlightDate""},""parameters"": [{}],""r...
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  • ImkeF's avatar
    ImkeF
    6 years ago

    Hi gilbertendaya 

    You could simply using different code.

    This first example you've posted contained wrong brackets.

    Why is that?

    Could it be that JSON you've been using in Postman has different nesting structure?

    Must your -1 be a text instead of a number?

     

    Honestly, I've been there a couple of times to recognize that a simple typo is throwing things off.
    Very had to believe that Power Query is the issue here.

     

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ImkeF
Community Champion
6 years ago

Hi gilbertendaya 

there's a lot going wrong here.

How shall your final URL look like?

 

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gilbertendaya
Helper IV
6 years ago

When I tried to get the data after this line:

 

let
url = URL,

//body = "{""limit"": -1,""sort"": {""option"": ""ASC"",""field"": [""FlightDate""},""parameters"": [{}],""range"": [{""FlightDate"": {""from"": ""02/14/2020 14:02"",""to"": ""02/18/2020 00:02""}}]}",
body = "{""limit"": ""-1"",""sort"": {""option"": ""ASC"",""field"": [""FlightDate""]},""parameters"": [{}],""range"": [{""FlightDate"": {""from"": ""02/14/2020 14:02"",""to"": ""02/18/2020 00:02""}}]}",
Parsed_JSON = Json.Document(body),
BuildQueryString = Uri.BuildQueryString(Parsed_JSON)
//Source = Json.Document(Web.Contents(url, [Headers=[#"Content-Type"="application/x-www-form-urlencoded"],Content = Text.ToBinary(BuildQueryString)]))
in
BuildQueryString

The error with below already occurs:

Expression.Error: We cannot convert a value of type Record to type Text.
Details:
    Value=[Record]
    Type=[Type]