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naelske_cronos
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REST API - Basic authentication UI stored in HEADER

Hello,

 

Little bit of a weird but a small question.

In my function Web.Contents I make a call to an URL which is a simple login page. If you go to the login page when opening the URL it works without error and shows a simple status code like 200. If in Power BI I use anonymous as authentication it works, but it also works when I use basic authentication with a username and password. When I use anonymous my RelativePath won't work because it requires basic authentication to call the API.

  • I know that Power BI service does some static analysis in which it first evaluates my root URL with the credentials I use, so here "https://BLUH.ionbiz.com" with the basic authentication (which is actually not needed). If it works then it will execute the rest of the parameters in Web.Contents so my RelativePath and Query. My question is now, does it store the basic authentication credentials afterwards in my header to call my RelativePath where basic authentication is actually needed?
let
    HTTPHeader = [RelativePath = "api/Plannings/GetList", Query = [page="0", pageSize="0", departmentShortName="", departmentExternalCode="", resourceId="", dateFrom="", dateTo="", projectId="", taskId="", lastModifiedDate=""], Headers = [#"Content-Type"="application/json"]],
    GetPlannings = Json.Document(Web.Contents("https://BLUH.ionbiz.com", HTTPHeader))
in
    GetPlannings 

 

Kind regards

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v-frfei-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @naelske_cronos ,

 

Hope this article can help you.

http://angryanalyticsblog.azurewebsites.net/index.php/2016/05/16/api-strategies-with-power-bi/

 

Community Support Team _ Frank
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the others find it more quickly.

Hello,

 

This didn't really answered my question but thank you for trying to help me.

 

 

Kind regards

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