Get-PowerBIAccessToken

Gets the access token for your current Power BI authenticated session.

Syntax

Get-PowerBIAccessToken
   [-AsString]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Description

Returns the Power BI access token gathered from logged in Power BI profile. Before you run this command, make sure you log in using Connect-PowerBIServiceAccount.

Examples

Example 1

PS C:\> $headers = Get-PowerBIAccessToken
PS C:\> Invoke-RestMethod -Headers $headers -Uri 'https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups'

Gets the Power BI access token as a hashtable and passes it to Invoke-RestMethod, as part of the header, to authenticate.

Parameters

-AsString

Indicates to return the access token as a string instead of a hashtable. The string contains the authentication type, such as "Bearer".

Type:SwitchParameter
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

Inputs

None

Outputs

System.Object