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Grasmachien
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3 years ago
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Export paginated report to file forbidden

Hi, I'm trying to use the "exportToFile" API. However I keep getting back a status 403. I'm embedding a report in a website using the. powerbi-client package. We are using an app registration...
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  • AmosHersch's avatar
    AmosHersch
    3 years ago

    When ever you call a Power BI API you need to send an authorization header with a token. It's not specific for this API.

    Otherwise Power BI cannot know who's sending the request, and validate the permissions.

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Grasmachien
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3 years ago

Hi AmosHersch,

 

I'm a developer and I have no idea how Power BI works.
I assume you are right about the Service Principal.

So if I understand correct I should be able to add an Authorization header to the call with the same access token in order to get the permissions to export?

 

Is there any documentation about this?

There does not seem to be anything on this in the docs: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/developer/embedded/export-paginated-report

 

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AmosHersch
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3 years ago

When ever you call a Power BI API you need to send an authorization header with a token. It's not specific for this API.

Otherwise Power BI cannot know who's sending the request, and validate the permissions.