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Query Power BI REST API

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- [Instructor] An application programming interface, or API for short, refers to the way web applications interface or talk to one another. We can use APIs to connect Power BI to data sources, so our datasets built on these connections can run and refresh automatically in the background. Power BI also has its own REST API that enables us to connect to it almost like a data source. Rather than navigate through our Power BI interface, we can programmatically access elements directly through an application like PowerShell. Two of the most common API requests are a GET request and a POST request. A GET request enables us to query data from an API, while a POST request enables us to send data to an API. In this video, we're going to focus on GET requests. Within PowerShell, there are several ways we can connect to the Power BI REST API, but I find that one of the most straightforward approaches is using the Microsoft Power BI…

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