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Hi ,
I need to connect to an API and pull data from it.
The API needs few parameters. (UserName,Password,DepartmentName)
I can connect from postman(screenshot attached)
How do i connect to the API from power bi and pass the patrameters(X,Y,Z) to it.
TNX
Solved! Go to Solution.
Hi @RsimonAlign ,
If you want to get data through API in power bi desktop, may be these link can help you to refer:
powerbi - how to connect my web api wtih Power BI Reports? - Stack Overflow
Web.Contents - PowerQuery M | Microsoft Docs
Best regards,
Community Support Team Selina zhu
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Hi @RsimonAlign ,
If you want to get data through API in power bi desktop, may be these link can help you to refer:
powerbi - how to connect my web api wtih Power BI Reports? - Stack Overflow
Web.Contents - PowerQuery M | Microsoft Docs
Best regards,
Community Support Team Selina zhu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
I tried this but i get an Error
DataSource.Error: The underlying connection was closed: Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure chanel.
Details :
https:// MY API URL
Write below M Code in Power Query Advanced Editor...
let
url = "Your URL",
body = "{
""UserName"":""___"",
""Password"":""___"",
""DepartmentName"":""___""
}",
Source = Json.Document(
Web.Contents(
url,
[Headers = [#"Content-Type"="application/json"],
Content = Text.ToBinary(body)]
)
)
in
Source
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