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zah33r
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Rest API Call from Custom Visual

Hi Everyone,

 

I am new to power bi development and trying to achieve below scenario.

I am trying to make a REST API call through the Custom Visual created in javascript. But unable to perform the action successfully.

I can see below error in chrome dev tools console, once my custom visual appears in the report: 

 

Refused to connect to 'https://xxxxxxxxxx/Data.json' because it violates the following Content Security Policy directive: "default-src https://app.powerbi.com data: blob: 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval'". Note that 'connect-src' was not explicitly set, so 'default-src' is used as a fallback.

 

Is it possible to make a restful api within the limits of Custom Visual? or if there's another appropriate method of achieving this?

Thanks,

Zaheer

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chandanmanna48
New Member

Hi,
You need to specify the RestAPI endpoint inside capabilities.json, Below is the code for your reference

"privileges": [
        {
            "name": "WebAccess",
            "essential": true,
            "parameters": ["http://localhost:44353"]
        },
       {
            "name": "WebAccess",
            "essential": true,
            "parameters": ["http://localhost:8000"]
        }
    ]

 

Can a custom visual do an API call and hold the response in memory? does the 30,000 limit apply in that case?

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