As of yet, Power BI can not query an API that uses authentication via a token added to the HTTP header. While this works when used in Power BI Desktop, the query crashes after uploading to powerbi.co...
james14
3 years agoNew Member
At present it is quite difficult to implement any token-based authentication scheme from Power Query. It often requires a POST with credentials potentially visible in code. It is also quite labour-intensive.
If possible this should be generalised to cover not only the Web.Contents library function but also alternative connectors e.g. FHIR.Contents.
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