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mscherotter
5 years agoMicrosoft Employee
Problem connecting to HTTPS web data via basic auth
In Power BI Desktop, I am trying to get web data via an HTTPS REST API using basic authentication. I enter the username/password in the data source settings but I consistently get this error message:...
amitchandak
5 years agoSuper User
mscherotter , Check this topic in the past, very old and not marked as a solution. But few approaches have been discussed there -https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Power-Query/How-to-Authenticate-to-a-REST-API-with-basic-Authentication-in/td-p/105202