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zoloturu
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How to generate authorization token in R?

Dear community,

 

I'm trying to generate an authorization token to Power BI Service in R. Thanks to Tom Martens there is his experience mentioned in this topic - https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Service/connect-to-Power-BI-Service-using-R/m-p/119697#M18632

 

When I tried, it was unsuccessful. Can somebody help to find out what is wrong in below R script?

library("httr");
library("httpuv")

# 
#oauth_endpoints("azure")
powerbi.urls <- oauth_endpoint(  
  "authorize",  
  "token",
  base_url = "https://login.windows.net/common/oauth2")

powerbi.app <- oauth_app(
  "myAppName",
  key="my_client_id-value", 
  secret="my_secret_id-value"
)

powerbi.token <- oauth2.0_token(powerbi.urls, powerbi.app,
                                user_params = list(resource = "https://analysis.windows.net/powerbi/api"),
                                use_oob = FALSE)

Regards,

Ruslan

 

 

 

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v-jiascu-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @zoloturu,

 

Could you please mark the proper answer as a solution?

 

Best Regards,
Dale

Community Support Team _ Dale
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Hi Dale @v-jiascu-msft,

 

I didn't receive any solution so far. I tried to add localhost in Azure portal to app registrations as you told, but it didn't help. I opened a MS ticket for that. You can check it with number 118071418582124.

 

Regards,

Ruslan

v-jiascu-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi Ruslan,

 

What's the error message? 

I added a parameter to "oauth_endpoint". It worked. Please give it a try.

library("httr");
library("httpuv")

# 
#oauth_endpoints("azure")
powerbi.urls <- oauth_endpoint(
NULL, "authorize", "token", base_url = "https://login.windows.net/common/oauth2") powerbi.app <- oauth_app( "myAppName", key="my_client_id-value", secret="my_secret_id-value" ) powerbi.token <- oauth2.0_token(powerbi.urls, powerbi.app, user_params = list(resource = "https://analysis.windows.net/powerbi/api"), use_oob = FALSE)

How_to_generate_authorization_token_in_R

 

Best Regards,

Dale

Community Support Team _ Dale
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Hi Dale @v-jiascu-msft,

 

I've tried with your addition. But error persists. See it below:

 

browser errorbrowser error

Regards,

Ruslan

 

Hi Ruslan,

 

As we can see from the error message, it seem the redirect URL isn't the same between your settings and the Azure settings. Please refer to the snapshot below and check out.

How_to_generate_authorization_token_in_R2

 

Best Regards,

Dale

Community Support Team _ Dale
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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