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dn1
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9 years ago

need help with Microsoft Power BI integration

Hi. I am looking for a code example on how to use Dropbox API v2 and a token to make Power BI Service connect to a folder inside Dropbox. I have a new client that wants to witch from OneDrive but so...
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dn1
New member | Level 2
9 years ago

yeah yeah... I´ve read all this links, but still couldn´t make it work.

the only way I make it work is to read single files, as instructed by Masplin in this link.

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Integrations-with-Files-and/Connecting-to-data-source-hosted-on-Dropbox/td-p/67946/page/3

But I need to read a full folder, and then open all files at once.

The API v2 does not work for me at all. I tried a lot to use list_folder syntax.

The API v1 is no longer supported and I shouldn´t use it either.

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Greg-DB
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9 years ago

What specifically isn't working? If you're running in to any trouble, please share the relevant code and error/output.

 

The Dropbox API offers an endpoint for reading file content. This requires one API call per file, so if you want to access the file content for all of the files in a folder, you'll need to loop through the desired files and call /2/files/download for each one.

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