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MyThumbsClick
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2 years ago
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API auth - Use parameter instead of Data Source Setting GUI

Hi All Very new to Power BI but slowly figuring things out. I have a json API source that currently uses a web source and Basic authentication via the Data Source GUI. This works great.    Usernam...
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  • lbendlin's avatar
    lbendlin
    2 years ago

    change your data source settings to anonymous auth.

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lbendlin
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2 years ago

no, the ) afterwards.

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    MyThumbsClick
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    2 years ago

    That was a typo in my post. Heres what it currently looks like:

    let
    Source = Json.Document(Web.Contents(FreshserviceBaseURL,
    [RelativePath="tickets",
    Headers=[Authorization="Basic " & FreshserviceAuthHeader]]))
in
    Source

     

    • lbendlin's avatar
      lbendlin
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      2 years ago

      change your data source settings to anonymous auth.

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        MyThumbsClick
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        2 years ago

        Ok, Looking at this with fresh eyes, setting to anonymous auth does do the trick. Thank you for your help!