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Anderrated's avatar
Anderrated
Frequent Visitor
2 years ago

Internal server error (500) when connecting to API with Bearer Token

Hi,

 

So I am trying to connect to an API that requires a Bearer token. When I try to simulate in POSTMAN I successfully get the response data I need:

 

 

 

Here you can see the different Headers 

 

 

 

But when connecting to PowerBi as "Anonymous" and adding all the Headers I get the error message

 

The server is up as I am getting a response from POSTMAN. So I don't know what I am doing wrong.

 

Thanks for your help

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2 Replies

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    2 years ago

    Hi Anderrated ,

    Base on your description and screenshots , you are encountering issues when connected to the API in Power BI Desktop. However, you are able to successfully connect to the API using Postman. The '500 Internal Server Error' typically indicates a server-side issue, could you please check and confirm the following info?

    • Ensure the Bearer token used in Power BI is the same as in Postman and the token hasn't expired.
    • Make sure all the headers are same in Power BI Desktop as in Postman
    • Update the version of your Power BI Desktop to the latest one

    In addition,  you can refer the following link to connect to API.

    Power BI REST API: Step-by-step Guide to Use It 

    Or create a blank query in Power Query Editor with the following codes:

    let
    url = "https://example.com/api/endpoint",
    headers = [
        #"Authorization" = "Bearer YOUR_BEARER_TOKEN",
        #"Content-Type" = "application/json"
    ],
    response = Web.Contents(url, [Headers=headers]),
    jsonResponse = Json.Document(response)
in
    jsonResponse

    Best Regards

    • Anderrated's avatar
      Anderrated
      Frequent Visitor
      2 years ago

      Hi Anonymous 

       

      Thanks for your reply. I have tried what you mentioned but obtained the same result. Blank query returns the same error message: Internal server error (500). The token is not expired and is the same. Do you have any more ideas?