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RainerBe
4 years agoFrequent Visitor
Using a POSTMAN request in PowerBI
Hey all, I'm new to in coding and Im attemping to migrate a functioning post request from postman to PBI. I can generate the code in a variety of languages from postman and am wondering what's ...
MikeJohnsonZA
4 years agoResponsive Resident
Hi
You can use [web] data source in Power BI to connect to a REST API. its probably easiest to do it in the power query advanced editor.
The function you will want to use Web.Contents - PowerQuery M | Microsoft Docs
this will allow you to make a call to the endpoint and specify the custom header.
For a full overview on how to do this there is a video that covers most of what you will need to know Accessing API and web service data using Power Query - by Chris Webb - YouTube