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RelativePath as Nested Let POST API Error

I have a query that works succesfully in Power Query editor, but generates the following error when applying/loading it to the report:

 

Error returned: 'M Engine error: 'Microsoft.Data.Mashup.Preview; Token Identifier expected.'. '.

 

I beleive this may have to do with not having the RelativePath portion be in quotes, but I can't figure out how to put quotes around this section without throwing off the nested let section for the POST API call. Here is my code:

 

let
        //Load the file into a buffer
        Test = Binary.Buffer(Web.Contents("https://files.XXXXX.gov/generated_downloads",
                    [RelativePath=
                    let
                        url = "https://api.XXXXX.gov/api/v2/bulk_download/awards/",
                        body = "{
                        ""filters"": {
                            ""prime_award_types"":[
                                    ""A"",
                                    ""B"",
                                    ""C"",
                                    ""D"",
                                    ""IDV_A"",
                                    ""IDV_B"",
                                    ""IDV_B_A"",
                                    ""IDV_B_B"",
                                    ""IDV_B_C"",
                                    ""IDV_C"",
                                    ""IDV_D"",
                                    ""IDV_E""
                                ],
                            ""agencies"": [
                                {
                                    ""type"": ""funding"",
                                    ""tier"": ""toptier"",
                                    ""name"": ""X of X""
                                }
                            ],
                                        ""date_type"":""action_date"",
                                        ""date_range"":{
                                            ""start_date"":""2021-10-01"",
                                            ""end_date"":""2022-09-30""
                                        }
                        }
                    }",
                        Source = Json.Document(Web.Contents(url,[Content=Text.ToBinary(body),Headers=[#"Content-Type"="application/json"]])),
                        #"Converted to Table" = Record.ToTable(Source),
                        #"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Converted to Table", each ([Name] = "file_url")),
                        #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Filtered Rows",{"Name"}),
                        #"Extracted Text After Delimiter" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Removed Columns", {{"Value", each Text.AfterDelimiter(_, "/", 3), type text}}), 
                        Custom1 = #"Extracted Text After Delimiter"{0}[Value]
                    in
                        Custom1]
        )
        )
in
    Test

 

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