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I need to import some files to Power BI using API and powershell
First I create a temporary upload with: groups/group_id/imports/createTemporaryUploadLocation
Then I push my file to the URL
Invoke-RestMethod -Method PUT -Uri \"${url}\" -Header @{ \'x-ms-blob-type\' = \'BlockBlob\'; \'Content-Length\' = $len } -InFile '$myFile' -TimeoutSec 3600
Finally, I try to import that URL to PowerBi using:
Invoke-WebRequest -Method POST -Uri "https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/group_id/imports?datasetDisplayName=$myFile&nameConflict=O..." -Header @{Authorization = '$Token'; 'Content-Length' = $len} -Body '{ "fileUrl"= "url"}' | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 5
I am getting the following error:
Invoke-WebRequest : You must write ContentLength bytes to the request stream before calling [Begin]GetResponse.
What am I doing wrong?
EDIT:
After some more research, I found the bellow powershell code to import to PowerBI. It is working but it won't let me import larger file 900,000KB
I also still need to find out how to get the files from azure...
[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
$localPath = ''
$graphToken = ''
$importMode="CreateOrOverwrite"
if(!$ReportName){
$ReportName = (Get-Item -LiteralPath $localPath).BaseName
}
if($groupId){
$uri = "https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/$groupId/imports?datasetDisplayName=$ReportName&nameConfli..."
}else{
$uri = "https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/imports?datasetDisplayName=$ReportName&nameConflict=$importMode"
}
$boundary = "---------------------------" + (Get-Date).Ticks.ToString("x")
$boundarybytes = [System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes("`r`n--" + $boundary + "`r`n")
$request = [System.Net.WebRequest]::Create($uri)
$request.ContentType = "multipart/form-data; boundary=" + $boundary
$request.Method = "POST"
$request.KeepAlive = $true
$request.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Bearer $graphToken")
$rs = $request.GetRequestStream()
$rs.Write($boundarybytes, 0, $boundarybytes.Length);
$header = "Content-Disposition: form-data; filename=`"temp.pbix`"`r`nContent-Type: application / octet - stream`r`n`r`n"
$headerbytes = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($header)
$rs.Write($headerbytes, 0, $headerbytes.Length);
$fileContent = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes($localPath)
$rs.Write($fileContent,0,$fileContent.Length)
$trailer = [System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes("`r`n--" + $boundary + "--`r`n");
$rs.Write($trailer, 0, $trailer.Length);
$rs.Flush()
$rs.Close()
Write-Host $request
$response = $request.GetResponse()
$stream = $response.GetResponseStream()
$streamReader = [System.IO.StreamReader]($stream)
$content = $streamReader.ReadToEnd() | convertfrom-json
$jobId = $content.id
$streamReader.Close()
$response.Close()
$header = @{
'Authorization' = 'Bearer ' + $graphToken}
Write-Host $("Deployment request has been created: " + $content.id)
while($true){
$res = Invoke-RestMethod -Method GET -uri "https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/$groupId/imports/$jobId" -UseBasicParsing -Headers $header
if($res.ImportState -ne "Publishing"){
Return "Deployment completed with the following status: " + $res.ImportState
}
Sleep -s 5
}
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