gbrueckl.PowerBI.API 1.0.0

PowerBI.API.Client

A C# wrapper for the Power BI REST API which allows you to easily integrate the Power BI API into your C# application. All objects from PowerBI are represented as native C# objects including all properties, functions/methods, etc. The Power BI REST API is very well documented here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/ The wrapper includes most of the functionality that available via the REST API but due to the high frequency of updates this wrapper may be a bit slower to integrate the latest features.

Supported features

• List Dashboards, Reports, Datasets, Groups
• Import PBIX files
• Refresh datases
• Update parameters
• Rebind/Clone reports
• Authenticate using username/password for CI/CD scenarios
• Authenticate using a prompt for interactive use cases

If you need a feature that is not listed above please file an issue here in this repository!

Basic Sample

This is a sample that connects to Power BI by asking the user for credentials, gets a dataset by its name and triggers a refresh

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    string ApplicationID = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["PBI_ApplicationID"];

    PBIAPIClient pbic = new PBIAPIClient(ApplicationID);
    // PBIAPIClient pbic = new PBIAPIClient(ApplicationID, "myUser@myDomain.com", "Pass@word01!"); // to avoid prompt

    PBIDataset dataset = pbic.GetDatasetByName("myDataset");

    dataset.Refresh();
}

Setup

The setup is quite easy, you just need to download the pre-built DLL from this repository (/PowerBIClient/Download/gbrueckl.PowerBI.API.dll) and add it to your C# project. It was built using .Net framework 4.5! There are also some NuGet packages that are required:

• Microsoft.PowerBI.Api
• Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory

You can either install them manually or via the NuGet Package Manager Console using the following commands:

• Install-Package Microsoft.PowerBI.Api
• Install-Package Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory