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Hocine
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6 years ago
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Get Data using API

Hello,  could anyone tell me, if I can use an API that my manager generate it through his own account to get external data (ODATA Feed).  
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  • ibarrau's avatar
    ibarrau
    6 years ago

    Yes. Try connecting with postman, restman or any other tool to check if the url and connections from that PC are correct before trying on power bi. Be sure that you request is correct and returning something first.

     

    It's tricky to get the api works.

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Hocine
Frequent Visitor
6 years ago

Hi, thanks for the reply. I'm using ODATA feed as shown on the pics bellow, but I get an error

 

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ibarrau
Super User
6 years ago

Please check your URL because it is throwing an internal server error 500. It's like there is an error on the sever side or the URL is wrong.

 

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    Hocine
    Frequent Visitor
    6 years ago

    It is a local server. should anything be different?

     

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      ibarrau
      Super User
      6 years ago

      It shouldn't. Can you connect with your computer with another tool? Does that computer has the permission to do it?

       

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        Hocine
        Frequent Visitor
        6 years ago

        Do you mean permession to connect through API?