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Anonymous
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Execute Queries via API

Hi All, I am trying to execute a query through the rest api documentation. Below is my sample json body. It is a simple Query which runs with no issues in desktop's DAX Query View but it is throwing error when called via API. I believe this is due to the use of "TableID" which is present inside double quotes. Please help me resolving this
Sample Body:

{
"queries": [
{
"query": "EVALUATE
var _a = SELECTCOLUMNS(INFO.TABLES(),"TableID", [ID])
var _b = SELECTCOLUMNS(INFO.TABLES(),"TableID", [ID])
Return UNION(_a,_b)"
}
],
"serializerSettings": {
"includeNulls": true
},
"impersonatedUserName": "someuser@mycompany.com"
}

--------------------------------------------------------------

Response:

{
"error": {
"code": "BadRequest",
"message": "Bad Request",
"details": [
{
"message": "Invalid value",
"target": "request.queries[0].query"
},
{
"message": "'request' is a required parameter",
"target": "request"
}
]
}
}

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BernatAgullo80
New Member

You probably need to double the double quotes, or escape the quotes with \

have you tried it?

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Anonymous
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Thanks using "\" helped. But is there anyway to run the query without escaping the double quotes with "\" ?

BernatAgullo80
New Member

You probably need to double the double quotes, or escape the quotes with \

have you tried it?

Can you please share the Library you have used?

Anonymous
Not applicable

Thanks using "\" helped. But is there anyway to run the query without escaping the double quotes with "\" ?

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