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    Bjoern Sjut on 29 Mar 2016 19:24:59

    Add oauth(2) as an option to authenticate for e.g. web.contents.

    Administrator on 30 Oct 2018 01:34:04

    This is enabled via Custom Connectors: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-query/startingtodevelopcustomconnectors

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    Ken Puls on 05 Jul 2020 22:23:23

    RE: oauth

    Totally agree. Went to try and use OpenPath.org (as demoed at this year's PASS BA conference) and got hit by OAUTH2 needs. I don't have the expertise to build my own API handler to do this. Would love to be able to just feed the credentials into Power Query and have it handle the authentication portion.

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    Cameron Boy on 05 Jul 2020 22:21:55

    RE: oauth

    I'm surprised this idea was proposed sooner! Oath2 support would be instrumental in gaining even more ground on Tableau. A must! Needs it!

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    Andrew Bacon on 05 Jul 2020 22:20:42

    RE: oauth

    I agree, for example I've been trying to connect Power BI to FreeAgent's Oauth 2.0 API to no avail. Support for Oauth 2 would make Power BI mightily powerful.

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    Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:20:23

    RE: oauth

    for enterprise api connectivity, this is a must have. As mentioned, 1000s of apis could be opened up without having to have specific connectors for each.

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    Bjoern Sjut on 05 Jul 2020 22:18:14

    RE: oauth

    To allow us to use the web.contents function more effectively, support for oauth(2) authentication should be added. Then a lot of 3rd party APIs could be queried without putting a server in the middle.