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rsaguiar
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How can I add a member of group workspace using C# PowerBI API

How can I add a member of group workspace using C# PowerBI API?

I trying to add a email member to my workspace using the power bi api for .NET but i'm receiving a message "Operation returned an invalid status code 'Unauthorized'" and i'm using the owner of the workspace.

 

I tryied to use 

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client.Groups.AddUserAsAdminAsync(grupo.Id, usuario);

and 

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 client.Groups.UpdateGroupAsAdmin(grupo.Id, grupo);

 and it's the same message in both cases.

 

And i need to give this permission automatically to some users get access to the workspace without using my master user.

 

Regards,

Rafael

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v-jiascu-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @rsaguiar,

 

Did you have an authentication step in your codes? We need to get the access token before we call the APIs.

 

Best Regards,

Dale

Community Support Team _ Dale
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Hi @v-jiascu-msft 

 

Yes, my client object call my method GetPowerBIClient before trying to update my group

 

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static string GetAccessToken()
        {
            AuthenticationContext authContext = new AuthenticationContext(aadAuthorizationEndpoint);
            var userCredentials = new UserPasswordCredential(pbiUserName, pbiUserPassword);
            return authContext.AcquireTokenAsync(resourceUriPowerBi, aplicationId, userCredentials).Result.AccessToken;
        }
 
        public static PowerBIClient GetPowerBiClient()
        {
            var tokenCredentials = new TokenCredentials(GetAccessToken(), "Bearer");
            pwCliente = new PowerBIClient(new Uri(urlPowerBiRestApiRoot), tokenCredentials);
            return pwCliente;
        }

 

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