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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") }
];
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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