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KEMKEM
Regular Visitor
2 years ago

How to use the Power Bi Rest Api without the refreshtoken?

I have a powershell script which is using the Power Bi Rest Api. For the authentication they use some strange solution. They capture the refresh token from the browser and save it in a txt file. Than...
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lbendlin
Super User
2 years ago

Ask for a bog standard auth token each time before your API call.  You need to have an app registered with the required scope, client secret etc.

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KEMKEM
Regular Visitor
2 years ago

I dont understand what you mean. Please share some documentation or code snipped.

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    lbendlin
    Super User
    2 years ago

    The code I posted will allow you to receive an auth token without any interaction, as often as needed  (I call it before each REST API call). No need for a refresh token. Efficiency be damned.