How to automate generating an Azure AD Access Token in a PowerBI Embed

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I have a React app where I'm embedding a PowerBI service report with user-owns-data (aka embed-for-organization) method with the help of powerbi-client-React library. like follow.

<PowerBIEmbed
  embedConfig = {{
    type: "report",   // Supported types: report, dashboard, tile, visual and qna
    id: "281839f6-4971-4ad3rtt",
    tokenType: models.TokenType.Aad
    accessToken : "938orie90rekjd-9393"
     ....some more properties here....
  />

where, models object is imported from powerbi-client library, and <PowerBiEmbed/> from 'powerbi-client-react (dependency).

Currently to get that 'azure ad access token' what I'm doing is-

Signing into my PowerBI account
Going to the browser console, and doing copy(powerbiaccesstoken) and I get my token.
I go into my code and paste it there.

So, now the report is embedded in my React app for at least 1 hour, because that token is only valid for one hour. Thereafter it shows a prompt for the user to sign in with their PowerBI credentials.

Now I have to sign into my PowerBI account again, copy the AAD token, and paste it into my code.

I have a dedicated PowerBI Pro account whose credentials can be used in creating access tokens.

Is there a way for me to do this without copying the token repeatedly? And some JavaScript code on either front-end or back-end do this for me before the access token really expires?

David Browne - Microsoft · Accepted Answer · 2023-02-07 14:30:16Z

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And some javascript code on either front-end or backend do this for me before the access token really expires?

Yes. This must be done from the back-end, as you can't expose the master user credentials to the client. Follow the docs here to get the access token for your master user, and create the embed token from a back-end service.

answered Feb 7, 2023 at 14:30

David Browne - Microsoft

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