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Passing Value from Function as Parameter in URL
Hello all -
I'm trying to pass a value retrieved from a function into an API url as a required parameter. The function returns a number (the List ID). The API call in M is as such:
= Json.Document(Web.Contents("https://core-base.azurewebsites.net/api/mailer/messages/90/95"), [ApiKeyName="api_key"]))
What I need to do is make this dynamic by replacing that last value, the List ID (95) with the value retrieved in the function. If I concatenate the name of the function I get an error:
We cannot apply operator & to types Text and Function.
If I wrap the function in Number.ToText(), then the error becomes:
We cannot convert a value of type Function to type Number.
I created a test parameter with a fixed value and it works fine. So, if I could somehow change that function output into a parameter, I do believe it will work.
Anyone have any ideas? Or perhaps a different way to approach?
Thank you!
Hi a68tbird ,
you need to call that function and not simply reference it.
Please try something like this:
Number.ToText(YourFunctionName())If your function requires parameter(s), you have to pass them into the red brackets:
Number.ToText(YourFunctionName(YourParameter))
But in any case: You need the brackets to call the function.
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Hi a68tbird ,
you need to call that function and not simply reference it.
Please try something like this:
Number.ToText(YourFunctionName())If your function requires parameter(s), you have to pass them into the red brackets:
Number.ToText(YourFunctionName(YourParameter))
But in any case: You need the brackets to call the function.