Problem publishing a .pbix file to PBI Workspace using the rest api and PowerShell

[GarethNW]

I am trying to publish a Power BI Report via a PowerShell script. Has anyone had much experience with this as I can't quite get it to work using this method.

$clientId = "****"
$clientSecret = "****"
$tenantId = "****"
$apiUrl = "https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/{Workspace}/imports?datasetDisplayName={DatadetName}"

$pbixFilePath = ".\BIDeploymentPlan.pbix"

$resourceUrl = "https://analysis.windows.net/powerbi/api"

$tokenBody = @{
    grant_type    = "client_credentials"
    client_id     = $clientId
    client_secret = $clientSecret
    resource      = $resourceUrl
    scope         = "https://graph.microsoft.com/.default"
}

$tokenResponse = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://login.microsoftonline.com/$tenantId/oauth2/token" `
    -Method POST -Body $tokenBody

$accessToken = $tokenResponse.access_token

$headers = @{
    "Authorization" = "Bearer $accessToken"
}

$body = @{
    filePath = $pbixFilePath
} | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 1

$restMethodParams = @{
    Uri         = $apiUrl
    Method      = 'Post'
    Headers     = $headers
    Body        = $body
    ContentType = 'application/json'
}

Invoke-RestMethod @restMethodParams

I have used the following document to build this script: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/

Thank you for any help you can offer.

No issue with my access token as the following code works fine: Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $apiUrl -Method Delete -Headers $headers

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi @GarethNW ,

I suggest you to refer to below code to publish your pbix file to Power BI Service by PowerShell.

$clientID = "<ClientID>"

$filePath = "C:\Users\...\MyPBIXTest.pbix" 

$groupname = "WorkspaceName"

$datasetDisplayName = "MyImportTest" 

$nameConflict = "Overwrite"

$preferClientRouting = "false"

 

#Get Token

$authToken = Get-PBIAuthToken -ClientId $clientID -Credential (Get-Credential)

 

#Get Group ID

$group = Get-PBIGroup -name $groupname

 

#Set URI for Import call

$powerBIUri = "https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/"

$uri = "groups/$($group.id)/imports?datasetDisplayName=$datasetDisplayName&preferClientRouting=$preferClientRouting"

 

# Initializing

$body = ""

$contentType = $null

 

#Setting boundary for string

$boundary = [System.Guid]::NewGuid().ToString("N")

$LF = [System.Environment]::NewLine

 

#Getting content using the file path

$fileName = [uri]::EscapeDataString([IO.Path]::GetFileName($filePath))

$fileBin = [IO.File]::ReadAllBytes($filePath)

$enc = [System.Text.Encoding]::GetEncoding("iso-8859-1")

$fileEnc = $enc.GetString($fileBin)

 

#Set body

$body = (

"--$boundary",

"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=`"file0`"; filename=`"$fileName`"; filename*=UTF-8''$fileName",

"Content-Type: application/x-zip-compressed$LF",

$fileEnc,

"--$boundary--$LF"

) -join $LF

 

#Set content type

$contentType = "multipart/form-data; boundary=--$boundary"

 

#Set API URL

$restApiUrl = $powerBIUri + $uri

 

#Set Header

$authHeader = @</span>{

'Content-Type'='application/json'

'Authorization'="Bearer $authToken"}

 

 

# Invoke REST Method

$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $restApiUrl -Headers $authHeader -Body $body -Method "POST" -contentType $contentType -Verbose

Make sure your PowerShell is installed correctly.

For reference: Power BI Cmdlets reference | Microsoft Learn

Best Regards,
Rico Zhou

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