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wdrain
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How do you pass and escape chars from GraphQL Query into web.contents for a REST api connections?

Query:

query endpointsBitLockerDetails {
endpoints(after: null, first: 200) {
edges {
node {
id
computerID
isEncrypted
sensorReadings(sensors: [{name: "BitLocker Details"}, {name: "Enforce - TPM Status"}]) {
columns {
sensor {
name
}
name
values
}
}
}
}
pageInfo {
startCursor
endCursor
hasNextPage
}
totalRecords
}
}

 

Specifically how would  one update that "Enforce - TPM Status" be passed correctly ?

I was able to get "BitLocker Details"  working by modifying to \""BitLocker Details\""

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Anonymous
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Hi @wdrain ,

 

Try surrounding the description value with triple quotes like this:

"""Enforce - TPM Status"""

For special characters in keys, you can refer to this:

Solved: Query parameter's with special characters - Microsoft Fabric Community

 

Best Regards,
Gao

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Hi Gao

Unfortunely the triple quotes did not work and returned the following error

image.png

Anonymous
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Hi @wdrain ,

 

What if you use double quotes like this?

vcgaomsft_1-1724919452652.png

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Gao

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Hi Gao,

Thanks for replying back.
But unfortunely the double Quotes did not work.
In my finding variable names with out and dash work by escaping with a backslash \ and a double Qoute ". i.e.  \"
i.e.
\"BitLocker Details\" -> this works
\"Enforce -TPM Status\"  or \#"Enforce - TPM Status\" -> will not work because of the dash

Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi @wdrain ,

 

Is it possible to show the full code (masking the private information)? Please try again something like this:

 

let
    Source = Web.Contents(
	"https://apiurl",
	[
		Headers=[
			#"Method"="POST",
			#"Content-Type"="application/json",
			#"Authorization"="Bearer <your_token_here>"
		],
		Content=Text.ToBinary("{""query"": ""endpointsBitLockerDetails{endpoints(after: null, first: 200) {edges {node {idcomputerIDisEncryptedsensorReadings(sensors: [{name: \""BitLocker Details\""}, {name: \""Enforce - TPM Status\""}]) {columns {sensor {name}namevalues}}}}pageInfo {startCursorendCursorhasNextPage}totalRecords}}""}")
	]
    ),
    #"JSON" = Json.Document(Source)
in
    #"JSON"

 

Best Regards,
Gao

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