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khha
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Trying to get a MS refresh token for Power BI REST API authentication in PowerShell

We are using some power bi automation PowerShell script which is using a refresh token. It was working fine on the old server, but we try to migrate this script to another server. On this new server we need once a refresh token. How can I get the refresh token of a specific user account for login page of Exchange (https://outlook.office365.com)? In the technical documentation of this solution I read that I need to do it by fiddler, but I dont see the refresh token in the response header.

See below the powershell script which needs the refresh token:

 

$refresh_token_securestring = Get-Content "F:\scripts\PowerBI\ExchangeOnlineRefreshAccessToken.txt" | ConvertTo-SecureString

$refresh_token_BSTR = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::SecureStringToBSTR($refresh_token_securestring)
$refresh_token = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::PtrToStringAuto($refresh_token_BSTR)
Remove-Variable refresh_token_securestring
Remove-Variable refresh_token_BSTR

# Request Access token with refresh token 

$resourceID = "https://outlook.office365.com"
$tenant_id = "MyTenantGuid"
$clientId = "MyClientIdGuid"
$uri = "https://login.microsoftonline.com/${tenant_id}/oauth2/token"
$body = @{grant_type='refresh_token';resource=$resourceID;client_id=$client_id;refresh_token=$refresh_token}
$tokenresult = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Post -Uri $uri -Body $body

 

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tackytechtom
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Hi @khha ,

 

The ResourceID might be the issue. Have you tried it with the ResourceID = https://graph.microsoft.com/ ?

 

Here a blog article, that helps you identifying ResourceIDs / AudienceURLs:

https://www.tackytech.blog/how-to-effectively-determine-the-token-resource-url-sometimes-also-referr...

 

 

/Tom
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tackytechtom
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Hi @khha ,

 

The ResourceID might be the issue. Have you tried it with the ResourceID = https://graph.microsoft.com/ ?

 

Here a blog article, that helps you identifying ResourceIDs / AudienceURLs:

https://www.tackytech.blog/how-to-effectively-determine-the-token-resource-url-sometimes-also-referr...

 

 

/Tom
https://www.tackytech.blog/
https://www.instagram.com/tackytechtom/



Did I answer your question➡️ Please, mark my post as a solution ✔️

Also happily accepting Kudos 🙂

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