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webbj
Helper I
4 years ago
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dynamic web url - always todays date

Can anyone suggest how I am able to set the enddate to my url query to always be the latest date rather than a set number? I'm new to Powerbi and newer to queries!

 

Currently it looks like this  Source = Json.Document(Web.Contents("https://api.websitename.com/api/reportextracts/?reportID=2908&startDate=2021-11-01&endDate=2022-02-02")),

 

I have also tried the following but get an error, but i'm not sure why. The API dates have to be formatted YYYY-MM-DD 

endDateText = Date.ToText(DateTime.Date(DateTime.LocalNow()), "yyyy-mm-dd"),

Source = Json.Document(Web.Contents("https://api.websitename.com/api/reportextracts/?reportID=2908&startDate=2021-11-01&endDate=",endDateText)),

 

Error

Expression.Error: We cannot convert the value "2022-02-02" to type Record.
Details:
Value=2022-02-02
Type=[Type]