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I want to access data from a secure api which request URL is :
[HOST]/[BASE_PATH]?apiKey=[API_KEY]
I've already generated an authentification token which works:
In Power BI, I want to set a Web Data Source. For the moment I have done the following steps :
- assign my token value to the parameter "apikey"
- then I want to define a API web type authentification so I've entered my token value in the Key field and choose the lower level to apply those parameters (which corresponds to [HOST]/[BASE_PATH]?) but I have an error "a web API key can be specified when a web API key name is provided"
Hi @Anonymous
You can try to select the basic input in web source,
Then make the key as a value to input to the authentication.
You can refer to the following link.
Solved: A web API key can only be specified when a web API... - Microsoft Fabric Community
Best Regards!
Yolo Zhu
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