Post Import expects filePath as string

[ekeijl]

I'm trying to upload a pbix file using the imports.postImport function, but it results in an HTTP 400 response.

It expects importInfo containing the filePath as the 4th parameter. The filePath is sent on the request body, while it should be sending contents of the pbix file, as in the API docs example.

If I try to send the file data, I get the following error: Error "importInfo.filePath with value '[object Object]' must be of type string." occurred in serializing the payload

I did succeed in uploading a pbix file by making a call to the Post Import API directly using a ReadStream to send the contents of the file.

[wbreza]

Ensure you are passing a dataset displayname. Take a look at the Power BI Node CLI for an example or using the import API.

client.imports.uploadFile(settings.collection, settings.workspace, settings.file, options, callback);

[ekeijl]

Thank you, that is exactly what I was looking for. It is not very clear that I had to use the uploadFile method, some documentation might be helpful. This issue can be closed, I guess.

So, what is the use case for the postImport method?

[wbreza]

@ekeijl - I agree this is confusing. The bulk of this API is auto-generated from an Azure tool called AutoRest which takes a Swagger definition and generates a client API. Its great for most use cases except for this import case when direct manipulation of the HTTP request is required.

We extended the import with the custom uploadFile method to make this more straight forward.

We'll take a closer look and see how we can clean this up in a future release.