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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
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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.
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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