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pedrovillanueva
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Error with connect zoho crm

Login Failed [Dataformat.error] we couldn't parse your query string because it was impropely formatted

 

// This file contains your Data Connector logic
section ZohoCrm;

// TODO: add your client id and secret to the embedded files

client_id ="xxxxxxxxxxxx";
client_secret = "xxxxxxxxxxxx";

redirect_uri = "https://accounts.zoho.com/redirect";


windowWidth = 800;

windowHeight = 800;


OAuthBaseUrl = "https://accounts.zoho.com/oauth/v2/auth?";

[DataSource.Kind="ZohoCrm", Publish="ZohoCrm.Publish"]
shared ZohoCrm.Contents = () =>
let

navTable =Web.Contents("https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/v2/xxxx"),
Tracelog=Diagnostics.Trace(TraceLevel.Information,"Zohocrm",()=>navTable,true)
in

navTable;


// Data Source Kind description
ZohoCrm = [
Authentication = [
// enable both OAuth and Key based auth

OAuth = [

StartLogin = StartLogin,

FinishLogin = FinishLogin,

Refresh=Refresh

]

],
Label = Extension.LoadString("DataSourceLabel")
];

// Data Source UI publishing description
ZohoCrm.Publish = [
Beta = true,
Category = "Other",
ButtonText = { Extension.LoadString("ButtonTitle"), Extension.LoadString("ButtonHelp") },
LearnMoreUrl = "https://powerbi.microsoft.com/",
SourceImage = ZohoCrm.Icons,
SourceTypeImage = ZohoCrm.Icons
];

// OAuth2 flow definition

//


// Start Login thorugh OAUTH
StartLogin = (resourceUrl, state, display) =>

let

AuthorizeUrl = OAuthBaseUrl & Uri.BuildQueryString([

scope = "ZohoCRM.modules.ALL",

client_id = client_id,

redirect_uri = redirect_uri,

response_type = "code",

state = state,

access_type = "online"])

in

[

LoginUri = AuthorizeUrl,

CallbackUri = redirect_uri,

WindowHeight = windowHeight,

WindowWidth = windowWidth,

Context = null

];

Label = Extension.LoadString("DataSourceLabel");
// Finish Login through OAUTH

FinishLogin = (context, callbackUri, state) =>

let

Parts = Uri.Parts(callbackUri)[Query]

in

TokenMethod(Parts[code], "authorization_code");

 

TokenMethod = (code, grant_type) =>

let

Response = Web.Contents(OAuthBaseUrl & "/token", [

Content = Text.ToBinary(Uri.BuildQueryString([

grant_type = "authorization_code",

client_id = client_id,

client_secret = client_secret,

redirect_uri = redirect_uri,

code = code

]
)),

Headers=[#"Content-type" = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",#"Accept" = "application/json"]]),

Parts = Json.Document(Response)

in

Parts;

 


Refresh = (resourceUrl, refresh_token) => TokenMethod(refresh_token, "refresh_token");

ZohoCrm.Icons = [
Icon16 = { Extension.Contents("ZohoCrm16.png"), Extension.Contents("ZohoCrm20.png"), Extension.Contents("ZohoCrm24.png"), Extension.Contents("ZohoCrm32.png") },
Icon32 = { Extension.Contents("ZohoCrm32.png"), Extension.Contents("ZohoCrm40.png"), Extension.Contents("ZohoCrm48.png"), Extension.Contents("ZohoCrm64.png") }
];

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v-kelly-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi  @pedrovillanueva ,

 

Extension.Contents function is usually used with .txt  format,check the blog below:

https://blog.crossjoin.co.uk/2017/11/15/the-extension-contents-m-function/

 

Best Regards,
Kelly

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