Connecting to trello json file

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Posted on by desreed

Hi all,

I'm a flow newbie, so go easy

I've built a PowerBI report connecting to the json file from a trello board (using this excellent tutorial here). It works great, but involves manually downloading the json file to update it.

The way I do the download is to use the URL from my trello board, with a '.json' at the end. I can then save that page as a json file and point my power BI report to that. It works perfectly. But it's still manual, so I'd like to automate it, but I'm struggling.

Any help on how I could get flow to regularly get the json file and save it (either to onedrive or sharepoint) that would be really great. I could then schedule the PowerBI refresh as normal.

Thanks in advance 🙂

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Hi @desreed ,

Please try using HTTP action to get JSON File.

Fill the URL of the file in the URI field and use Get method to get the file content.

Then consider storing the file in OneDrive and setting up a scheduled refresh.

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Please take a try.

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desreed 26 on at

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Hi Barry @v-bacao-msft

Thanks for the advice. I had tried that before posting, but have tried again and checked through with the details you've kindly given in your advice. Unfortunately it fails. For the HTTP step, I get an error message:

Status : 401
Body : Unauthorised permission requested

Does flow have different levels of access for different accounts? e.g. is the http step something that you need a higher level of microsoft account to access? If so, that may be it. I don't know what level access I have as it's through the organisation I work for in the UK.

Thanks again for your advice so far.
Derek

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Hi @desreed ,

I tested it on my side. If the Board are private, I can't get the data.

For reference, the board I used for testing here is public.

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desreed 26 on at

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Thank you Barry , @v-bacao-msft

The board I have is a private one. I'm guessing that's the issue then with this solution.

Does anyone know of a way to get the data from a private board in an automated way? I don't have a paid-for subscription to trello, just the free service.

Thanks
Derek

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