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mrslyfox
Helper II
Helper II

Invoke-RestMethod : The remote server returned an error: (400) Bad Request.

Windows 2012R2 x64

PowerShell ISE

 

Script from PBI as is:

while($true){

$endpoint = "https://api.powerbi.com/beta/xxxxxxxx"

$payload = @{

"Measured" =123
"DateTime" =Get-Date -Format F
"MachineName" ="Test"
"TargetValue" =1672
"MinValue" =0
"MaxValue" =6000

}
Invoke-RestMethod -Method Post -Uri "$endpoint" -Body (ConvertTo-Json @($payload))
}

 

Return folowing error:

Invoke-RestMethod : The remote server returned an error: (400) Bad Request.
At line:16 char:1
+ Invoke-RestMethod -Method Post -Uri "$endpoint" -Body (ConvertTo-Json @($payload ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (System.Net.HttpWebRequest:HttpWebRequest) [Invoke-RestMethod], WebException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebCmdletWebResponseException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeRestMethodCommand

 

What needs to be fixed ?

 

The same script working fine at Windows 10 Pro.

 

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v-jiascu-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @mrslyfox,

 

Did you solve it? Can you share the answer or mark the proper answer as a solution please?

 

Best Regards,
Dale

Community Support Team _ Dale
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v-jiascu-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @mrslyfox,

 

Since it works in Win 10, I would suggest:

1. Follow how-do-i-get-the-body-of-a-web-request-that-returned-400-bad-request-from-invoke to get more details of the error.

2. Check your code with the information in the Service.

Invoke_Rest_Method

3. A little possibility that caused by Firewall.

4. Upgrade the Power Shell.

 

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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