Rest API Access

[Shamatix]

Hey fellow users of Power Bi,

I need to generate an API key ever 60min when I want to use this api.

In order to generate the API key I need to throw a POST after https://XXXXXXXXXXXXX.com/oauth2/token and I need to fill out an email and a password in the Body along with setting a header named Content-Type to application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Header:
Content-Type = application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Body:

email = xxxx@xxxxxx.com

password = xxxxxxx

How can I do this in the advanced editor?
I have looked at a couple of different examples but I havnt been able to do this successfully yet.

Best regards

[v-yuta-msft]

@Shamatix ,

You can create a new blank query and use Web.Contents(). 

Reference:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerquery-m/web-contents

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-query/web.contents

Community Support Team _ Jimmy Tao

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[Shamatix]

I just dont get how I specify the body, I have seen countless examples of the header, but whenever I try to implement the body it goes wrong :S?

[v-yuta-msft]

@Shamatix ,

You may refer to this similar thread: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Integrations-with-Files-and/Dataset-Refresh-REST-API-amp-JSON-with-....

Community Support Team _ Jimmy Tao

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

[Shamatix]

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@v-yuta-msft wrote:

@Shamatix ,

You may refer to this similar thread: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Integrations-with-Files-and/Dataset-Refresh-REST-API-amp-JSON-with-....

Community Support Team _ Jimmy Tao

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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Hey there,

I have gotten a bit further as follows:

let
Source = Json.Document(Web.Contents("https://api.xxxxx.dk/oauth2/token",
[Headers=[#"Content-Type"="application/x-www-form-urlencoded"],
Content=Text.ToBinary(Uri.BuildQueryString([grant_type="password", client_id="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX", client_secret="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX", email="XXXXX@XXXXX.com", password="XXXXXXX!"]))]))
in Source

However now I am getting the following error:

I spoke with the people who have made the API and they said they think "Json.Document" expects the return in json-format, however for /oauth2/token it is not as they are using the OAUTH standard. Can you help me make the above possible without the use of "Json.Document"?

Best regards 🙂