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Hi fellow Power BI users,
I know Power BI Desktop has 'From Web' feature to get data, but it can only process one URL at a time. If I have multiple (but similar) URLs, I think a script running looping process is ideal. Does anyone know how this can be done and processed in Power BI (sample script is preferred)? Once I have this script, what are the steps to get Power BI process the script?
URLs: - https://inteligence/apps/1/...
https://inteligence/apps/2/..
https://inteligence/apps/3/...
...
with Authorization - bearer <key>
Thanks in advance.
Solved! Go to Solution.
When you add a custom column (Invoke Custom Function), change the drop down to Column Name and select the app_id column. Then, the function will pass in the app_id value from each row into the function (into the URL) and perform the query steps you designed earlier. If you need to pass a bearer token to the URL for each app_id value, if it is the same bearer token for every app_id, you can add an Authorization header to the URL request.
For example, I have a dashboard that pulls data from Twitter. Once I obtain the access token (it is the result of a different query named AccessToken) here is the function I use to query Twitter:
(params) => let GetJsonQuery = Web.Contents("https://api.twitter.com/1.1/search/tweets.json" & params, [ Headers = [#"Authorization"=AccessToken] ] ), FormatAsJsonQuery = Json.Document(GetJsonQuery), data = try FormatAsJsonQuery[statuses] otherwise null, next = try FormatAsJsonQuery[search_metadata][next_results] otherwise null, res = [Data=data, Next=next] in res
I have a table with a column of search words, where the column name is "keyword". The parameter named "params" that started off the function above is defined as:
params = "?q=" & keyword & "&count=100"
So you can see how the column of hard coded search terms is passed into the url part defined by "params" which is in turn passed into the function. The function runs on every row in my table of "keyword", so each row returns a table of results, which I can then expand and Power BI will automatically append the results into one table.
Note: This is not the entire query and will not return results (the "data", "next" and "res" variables are used in another query that iterates through pages of results). Hopefully this shows you how to structure your web call using the bearer token.
I did create a custom function, but that takes appIDs from Parameters. How do I change it to take appIDs from another query? Changing aa_appid as table generated errors. Thanks in advance.
let
Source = (aa_app_id as text) => let
Source = Json.Document(Web.Contents("https://api.appannie.com/v1.2/intelligence/apps/ios/app/" & aa_app_id & "/history?countries=US&feeds=downloads&device=all&start_date=2016-01-01&end_date=2017-02-28&granularity=monthly&device=iphone", [Headers=[Authorization="bearer <key>"]])),
My aa_app_id Query:
let
Source = Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("<filename>.xlsx"), null, true),
Table1_Table = Source{[Item="Table1",Kind="Table"]}[Data],
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Table1_Table,{{"aa_app_id", type text}}),
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "URL request", each "https://api.appannie.com/v1.2/intelligence/apps/ios/app/"&[aa_app_id]&"/history?countries=US&feeds=d... 28&granularity=monthly&device=iphone"),
#"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Added Custom",{{"URL request", type text}})
in
#"Changed Type1"
When you add a custom column (Invoke Custom Function), change the drop down to Column Name and select the app_id column. Then, the function will pass in the app_id value from each row into the function (into the URL) and perform the query steps you designed earlier. If you need to pass a bearer token to the URL for each app_id value, if it is the same bearer token for every app_id, you can add an Authorization header to the URL request.
For example, I have a dashboard that pulls data from Twitter. Once I obtain the access token (it is the result of a different query named AccessToken) here is the function I use to query Twitter:
(params) => let GetJsonQuery = Web.Contents("https://api.twitter.com/1.1/search/tweets.json" & params, [ Headers = [#"Authorization"=AccessToken] ] ), FormatAsJsonQuery = Json.Document(GetJsonQuery), data = try FormatAsJsonQuery[statuses] otherwise null, next = try FormatAsJsonQuery[search_metadata][next_results] otherwise null, res = [Data=data, Next=next] in res
I have a table with a column of search words, where the column name is "keyword". The parameter named "params" that started off the function above is defined as:
params = "?q=" & keyword & "&count=100"
So you can see how the column of hard coded search terms is passed into the url part defined by "params" which is in turn passed into the function. The function runs on every row in my table of "keyword", so each row returns a table of results, which I can then expand and Power BI will automatically append the results into one table.
Note: This is not the entire query and will not return results (the "data", "next" and "res" variables are used in another query that iterates through pages of results). Hopefully this shows you how to structure your web call using the bearer token.
@dkay84_PowerBI I got it to work. I was confused about Invoking custom function at first. It turns out I need to Invoking Custom Function within the app_id query that have all the appIDs, not invoking within the custom function itself.
Thank you all for the tips and guidance regarding this issue. I've learned a lot!!
Sorry I wasn't able to better explain it earlier! Glad you got it to work.
I did create a custom function, but that takes appIDs from Parameters. How do I change it to take appIDs from another query? Changing aa_appid as table didn't create errors. Thanks in advance.
let
Source = (aa_app_id as text) => let
Source = Json.Document(Web.Contents("https://api.appannie.com/v1.2/intelligence/apps/ios/app/" & aa_app_id & "/history?countries=US&feeds=downloads&device=all&start_date=2016-01-01&end_date=2017-02-28&granularity=monthly&device=iphone", [Headers=[Authorization="bearer <key>"]])),
My aa_app_id Query:
let
Source = Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("C:\Users\310234735\OneDrive - Philips Lighting\AppResearch\Appannie\AA_app_ids.xlsx"), null, true),
Table1_Table = Source{[Item="Table1",Kind="Table"]}[Data],
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Table1_Table,{{"aa_app_id", type text}}),
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "URL request", each "https://api.appannie.com/v1.2/intelligence/apps/ios/app/"&[aa_app_id]&"/history?countries=US&feeds=d..."),
#"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Added Custom",{{"URL request", type text}})
in
#"Changed Type1"
I did create a custom function, but that takes appIDs from Parameters. How do I change it to take appIDs from another query? Changing aa_appid as table didn't create errors. Thanks in advance.
let
Source = (aa_app_id as text) => let
Source = Json.Document(Web.Contents("https://api.appannie.com/v1.2/intelligence/apps/ios/app/" & aa_app_id & "/history?countries=US&feeds=downloads&device=all&start_date=2016-01-01&end_date=2017-02-28&granularity=monthly&device=iphone", [Headers=[Authorization="bearer <key>"]])),
My aa_app_id Query:
let
Source = Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("C:\Users\310234735\OneDrive - Philips Lighting\AppResearch\Appannie\AA_app_ids.xlsx"), null, true),
Table1_Table = Source{[Item="Table1",Kind="Table"]}[Data],
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Table1_Table,{{"aa_app_id", type text}}),
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "URL request", each "https://api.appannie.com/v1.2/intelligence/apps/ios/app/"&[aa_app_id]&"/history?countries=US&feeds=d..."),
#"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Added Custom",{{"URL request", type text}})
in
#"Changed Type1"
I did create a custom function where appID is defined as Text and it's coming from Parameters, which I don't want. How do I get it to accept appIDs from another query( aa_app_id query)? When I changed the 'aa_app_id as table', a dropdown list allowing another query to be chosen. Does this mean that aa_app_id is searched and processed if it's found in another query? But error after invoking:
An error occurred in the ‘new_app_id’ query. Expression.Error: We cannot apply operator & to types Text and Table.
Details:
Operator=&
Left=https://api.appannie.com/v1.2/intelligence/apps/ios/app/
Right=Table
My aa_app_id query:
let
Source = Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("<filename>.xlsx"), null, true),
Table1_Table = Source{[Item="Table1",Kind="Table"]}[Data],
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Table1_Table,{{"aa_app_id", type text}}),
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "URL request", each "https://api.appannie.com/v1.2/intelligence/apps/ios/app/"&[aa_app_id]&"/history?countries=US&feeds=d..."),
#"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Added Custom",{{"URL request", type text}})
in
#"Changed Type1"
Thanks in advance.
So in an earlier JSON call I get my bearer token. I then concatenate "Bearer " with the returned token from that earlier REST call and use that concatenated string as my bearer token. Here is the call using the bearer token...
let
BearerToken = "Bearer "&{AuthBearerToken}{0}{0},
Source = Json.Document(Web.Contents(SomeURLorURLVariable, [Headers=[Authorization=BearerToken, ContentType="application/json"]])),
Quick question. Do you need to get the access token from the web call or do you already have it?
I already have the key and key is part of the URL request. Thanks.
Okay, the reason I asked is because the answer to your question would change if you need to dynamically obtain the token (i.e. OAuth2).
Second question is, do you know how many url's you need to loop through or does it need to be dynamic?
The number of URLs is dynamic, most likely an increasing number. Thanks.
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