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Anonymous
3 years agoNot applicable
"Dataset includes a dynamic data source" Dynamic date in Web Source (No API)
I can't refresh dataset once it's been published because of this error. I cannot seem to find a workaround that suits my needs. The below example is grabbing a table from the web successfully in ...
PhilipTreacy
3 years agoSuper User
Anonymous
Hard to say without seeing all of the code.
Phil
- Anonymous3 years agoNot applicable
Hi Phil,
This is the code grabbing the table directly from the webpage:
let Source = Web.BrowserContents("https://www.example.com/data/type/date:2023-06-26"), #"Extracted Table From Html" = Html.Table(Source, {{"Column1", "TABLE.table.table-bordered.table-condensed.table-hover.table-fixed.pre-date-details-list > * > TR > :nth-child(1)"}, {"Column2", "TABLE.table.table-bordered.table-condensed.table-hover.table-fixed.pre-date-details-list > * > TR > :nth-child(2)"}, {"Column3", "TABLE.table.table-bordered.table-condensed.table-hover.table-fixed.pre-date-details-list > * > TR > :nth-child(3)"}}, [RowSelector="TABLE.table.table-bordered.table-condensed.table-hover.table-fixed.pre-date-details-list > * > TR"]), #"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(#"Extracted Table From Html", [PromoteAllScalars=true]), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Promoted Headers",{{"Datetime", type datetime}, {"Category", type text}, {"Release", type text}}) in #"Changed Type"Changes as per your recommendation:
let Origen = Json.Document( Web.Contents( "https://www.example.com/data/type/date:", [RelativePath=Date.ToText(DateTime.Date(DateTime.LocalNow()), "yyyy-MM-dd")] ) ), #"Extracted Table From Html" = Json.Document(Origen, {{"Column1", "TABLE.table.table-bordered.table-condensed.table-hover.table-fixed.pre-date-details-list > * > TR > :nth-child(1)"}, {"Column2", "TABLE.table.table-bordered.table-condensed.table-hover.table-fixed.pre-date-details-list > * > TR > :nth-child(2)"}, {"Column3", "TABLE.table.table-bordered.table-condensed.table-hover.table-fixed.pre-date-details-list > * > TR > :nth-child(3)"}}, [RowSelector="TABLE.table.table-bordered.table-condensed.table-hover.table-fixed.pre-date-details-list > * > TR"]), #"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(#"Extracted Table From Html", [PromoteAllScalars=true]), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Promoted Headers",{{"Datetime", type datetime}, {"Category", type text}, {"Release", type text}}) in #"Changed Type"This returns DataSource.Error: The downloaded data is HTML, which isn't the expected type. The URL may be wrong or you might not have provided the right credentials to the server.
- PhilipTreacy3 years agoSuper User
Hi Anonymous
Can you confirm by trying to access that URL in your browser, that it's actually returning JSON?
The error is saying you are getting HTML returned, instead of JSON.
Regards
Phil
- Anonymous3 years agoNot applicable
It is an HTML webpage.