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Sergiy
7 years agoResolver II
How to specify HTTP request header parameter in Power BI service
Hi everyone, In Power BI Desktop I can connect to Web specifying HTTP request header parameter: I need my report to get updated in Power BI service as well. The issue is there seems to ...
- 7 years ago
Hi Sergiy,
I see you're trying to get data from the Power BI API by writing your own M code in the Power Query Editor - this is not going to work unfortunately, because it is not possible to work with APIs that use OAuth2 authentication in this way. The only way to get data from an API that uses OAuth2 authentication is by creating a custom connector; there is a reasonably easy way to do this that I describe here https://blog.crossjoin.co.uk/2018/11/13/openapi-power-bi-rest-api-m/ and I think other people have blogged about this too.
HTH,
Chris
marcel1318
5 years agoNew Member
Hello! did you get any solution to this problem? i have the same one im trying to add the HTTP request
to the updated link