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timetravelprimer
timetravelprimer

Reputation: 111

How to pull data from Toggl API with Power Query?

First timer when it comes to connecting to API. I'm trying to pull data from Toggl using my API token but I can't get credentials working. I tried to replicate the method by Chris Webb (https://blog.crossjoin.co.uk/2014/03/26/working-with-web-services-in-power-query/) but I can't get it working. Here's my M code:

let
    Source = Web.Contents(
 "https://toggl.com/reports/api/v2/details?workspace_id=xxxxx&client=xxxxxx6&billable=yes&user_agent=xxxxxxx",
 [
  Query=[ #"filter"="", #"orderBy"=""],
  ApiKeyName="api-token"
 ])
in
    Source

After that I'm inputting my API Token into Web API method in Access Web content windows but I get an error that credentials could not be authenticated. Here's Toggl API specification: https://github.com/toggl/toggl_api_docs/blob/master/reports.md

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1008

Answers (1)

Dreekun
Dreekun

Reputation: 442

Web.Contents function receives two parameters: url + options

Inside options, you define the headers and the api_key, and other queryable properties, such as:

let
    baseUrl = "https://toggl.com/",
    // the token part can vary depending on the requisites of the API
    accessToken = "Bearer" & "insert api token here"
    options = [
                Headers = [Authorization = accessToken, #"Content-Type" = 
                  "application/Json"], RelativePath ="reports/api/v2/details", Query = 
                  [workspace_id=xxxxx, client=xxxxxx6 , billable=yes, user_agent=xxxxxxx]
              ]
    Source = Web.Contents(baseUrl, options)
    // since Web.Contents() doesn't parse the binaries it fetches, you must use another 
    // function to see if the data was retreived, based on the datatype of the data
    parsedData = Json.Document(Source)
in
    parsedData

The baseUrl is the smallest url that works and never changes; The RelativePath is the next part of the url before the first "?". The Query record is where you define all the attributes to query as a record.

This is usually the format, but check the documentation of the API you're querying to see if it is similar.

Upvotes: 1

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