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mattcarter865
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Some REST API calls return status 405 using PowerShell

I'm testing the waters with some REST calls for Power BI. I'm using the PowerShell cmdlets. I can successfully make calls to some api endpoints for example listing the refresh history of a dataset

Datasets - Get Refresh History In Group - REST API (Power BI Power BI REST APIs) | Microsoft Docs

 

But others return an error even though I am following the documentation. For example,

Datasets - Cancel Refresh In Group - REST API (Power BI Power BI REST APIs) | Microsoft Docs

Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod -Method Delete -Url 'groups/xxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxc54c/datasets/xxxxxx-xxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxx2bb0f/refreshes/xxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxx5b444'
 Message : Response status code does not indicate success: 405 (Method Not Allowed).
StackTrace : at System.Net.Http.HttpResponseMessage.EnsureSuccessStatusCode()
at Microsoft.PowerBI.Commands.Profile.InvokePowerBIRestMethod.<InvokeRestMethod>d__35.MoveNext()
Exception : System.Net.Http.HttpRequestException
InvocationInfo : {Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod}
Line : Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod -Method Delete -Url .....
Position : At line:1 char:1
+ Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod -Method Delete -Url 'groups/9bbe36b5-cb03-4e ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

 I had similar error trying to invoke

Datasets - Get Refresh Execution Details In Group - REST API (Power BI Power BI REST APIs) | Microso...

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Anonymous
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Hi @mattcarter865 ,

Both of the following REST APIs are only for datasets that perform asynchronous refresh operation operations:

There are the following limitations for asynchronous refresh with the Power BI REST API, that is probably the reason for getting 405 error...

yingyinr_0-1646383798059.png

HTTP Error “405 Method Not Allowed”: How to solve the problem

Best Regards

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Anonymous
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Hi @mattcarter865 ,

Both of the following REST APIs are only for datasets that perform asynchronous refresh operation operations:

There are the following limitations for asynchronous refresh with the Power BI REST API, that is probably the reason for getting 405 error...

yingyinr_0-1646383798059.png

HTTP Error “405 Method Not Allowed”: How to solve the problem

Best Regards

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