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Suraj_Ncircle
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1 year ago
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Why is %29 in a URL Encode to ) During a Request?

Hi Everyone, I encountered an issue while working with a direct download URL in Power Query using the Web.Contents function. The URL contains an encoded value %29 (which represents a closing parenth...
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    v-csrikanth
    1 year ago

    Hi Suraj_Ncircle 
    While encoding the entire URL using Uri.EscapeDataString in PQ is problematic because Web.Contents expects a valid absolute URL and may not properly handle fully encoded URLs.
    However, we can work around this by constructing the request in a way that ensures encoding remains intact.
    Manually encoding the entire URL:
    ***************************************************************
    let
    BaseUrl = "https://cdn.Domain.com/dXJuOmFkc2sud2lwcHJvZDpmcy5maWxlO_dmVyc2lvbj0x/output/Resource/3D%20View/2_%2...",
    Cookies = "your_cookie_data",
    EncodedUrl = Uri.EscapeDataString(BaseUrl), // Encode the entire URL
    QueryResponse = Web.Contents(EncodedUrl & Cookies, [Headers=[#"Accept"="application/json"]])
    in
    QueryResponse
    ***************************************************************
    After giving a try if still the issue persists. Could you please follow below link to raise a support ticket
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/support/create-support-ticket 

    If the above information helps you, please give us a Kudos and marked the reply Accept as a Solution.

    Thanks,
    Cheri Srikanth