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Anonymous
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Import API help

Hello all,

 

I'm trying to make use of the PBI Import in Group API but I'm having a hard time understanding how to get it to work.

 

If I'm importing a .pbix, what are the steps that I need to take to make use of the API? Do I need to encode the file? Does it have to be stored in a certain place?

 

I'm not finding any useful documentation on this, any help would be appreciated.

 

Chris

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lbendlin
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I thought the documentation is pretty straightforward.  Where are you stuck?

 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/imports

 

Anonymous
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@lbendlin How do I call the file that I want to import? That's the part that I'm stuck on. Where does the file need to be stored? How do I call it in the body? Does it need to be encoded? How do I encode it if it does?

Assuming your pbix file is under 1GB:

 

To import a file, request Headers should include Content-Type: multipart/form-data with the file encoded as form data in the request body.

 

https://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html

 

For larger files yes, you need to prepare the temporary location first.

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