I'm trying to follow a tutorial to make an API post call, but I cannot get it work. Can someone please help me check where I get it wrong? I removed the sensitive information but other than that, this is what I have, when I refresh, I recieve error below:
let
body = "{""grant_type"":""password"",""resource"":""https://analysis.windows.net/powerbi/api"",""client_id"":"""",""username"":"""",""password"":"""",""client_secret"":""""}",
url = "https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/token/",
Data = Web.Contents(
url,
[
Headers=[#"Content-Type" = "application/json; charset=utf-8"],
Content=Text.ToBinary(body)
]
),
response = Json.Document(Data)
in
response
Hi @yangty152 ,
The error is that the URL(https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/token/) you entered only accepts POST, OPTIONS requests. But has received a GET request.
Refer to the syntax posted in this thread:
//Resource Uri for Power BI API
string resourceUri = "https://analysis.windows.net/powerbi/api";
//OAuth2 authority Uri
string authorityUri = "https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/";
//Get access token:
// To call a Power BI REST operation, create an instance of AuthenticationContext and call AcquireToken
// AuthenticationContext is part of the Active Directory Authentication Library NuGet package
// To install the Active Directory Authentication Library NuGet package in Visual Studio,
// run "Install-Package Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory" from the nuget Package Manager Console.
// AcquireToken will acquire an Azure access token
// Call AcquireToken to get an Azure token from Azure Active Directory token issuance endpoint
AuthenticationContext authContext = new AuthenticationContext(authorityUri);
var token = authContext.AcquireTokenAsync(resourceUri, clientID, new Uri(redirectUri)).Result.AccessToken;
Best Regards,
Eyelyn Qin
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Hi @yangty152 ,
The error is that the URL(https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/token/) you entered only accepts POST, OPTIONS requests. But has received a GET request.
Refer to the syntax posted in this thread:
//Resource Uri for Power BI API
string resourceUri = "https://analysis.windows.net/powerbi/api";
//OAuth2 authority Uri
string authorityUri = "https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/";
//Get access token:
// To call a Power BI REST operation, create an instance of AuthenticationContext and call AcquireToken
// AuthenticationContext is part of the Active Directory Authentication Library NuGet package
// To install the Active Directory Authentication Library NuGet package in Visual Studio,
// run "Install-Package Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory" from the nuget Package Manager Console.
// AcquireToken will acquire an Azure access token
// Call AcquireToken to get an Azure token from Azure Active Directory token issuance endpoint
AuthenticationContext authContext = new AuthenticationContext(authorityUri);
var token = authContext.AcquireTokenAsync(resourceUri, clientID, new Uri(redirectUri)).Result.AccessToken;
Best Regards,
Eyelyn Qin
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
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