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Power BI Server and REST calls by angular app
The simplest of the PBIRS API calls is as shown in the screenshot.
Here is the code if you want to invoke the same API call using PowerShell
$Cred = Get-Credential
$Url = "http://powerbi.local/Reports/api/v2.0/Me"
#Invoke-RestMethod -Method 'GET' -Uri $Url -UseDefaultCredentials -OutVariable UserContext
Invoke-RestMethod -Method 'GET' -Uri $Url -Credential $Cred -OutVariable UserContext
echo $UserContextHere is the list of PBI RS APIs that you can play with.
Please accept the solution, if you agree.
Cheers,
Hari T
You can set your cedentials at the GET request level by choosing the Authorization method as "NTLM Authentication".
This is when you are on windows and using Windows Authentication. You can also set the Domain of your Org. in the advanced properties.
Cheers,
Hari T
The GET call in my example returns the User Context properties.
To answer your question, it is the UserID which is stored as GUID in ReportServer metadata.
Cheers,
Hari T
Hi Harikishant. Thank you.
I want to accept your answer as a solution, but there is still something missing!
Are you speaking about the "UserID field in "Users" table into the PBI Server database?
However, in my case, I receive "401 Unauthorize".
I sent a GET request with Postman to PBI Server WebPortal URL and WebService URL without body and with only "Content-Type"="application/json" as Header.
My question is: where should I set the credentials before send the request to obtain the authorization?
Many thanks.
You can set your cedentials at the GET request level by choosing the Authorization method as "NTLM Authentication".
This is when you are on windows and using Windows Authentication. You can also set the Domain of your Org. in the advanced properties.
Cheers,
Hari T