Extend Power Query with Python & Free APIs (Unlock Regex, JSON, XPath)

**CHAPTERS:** 0:00 - The Power Query Limitation Problem 1:00 - The Solution: A Custom Python API 2:00 - Step 1: Setup GitHub Repo & Local Python Environment 4:30 - Step 2: Build the FastAPI Server (Code Walkthrough) 7:30 - Step 3: Test the API Locally 9:45 - Step 4: Deploy to Render (FREE Hosting) 16:15 - Step 5: Connect Power Query to Your Live API 20:30 - Real Use Cases: Regex, JSON Path, XPath, and more! 25:00 - How to Add New Endpoints & Redeploy Unlock the full potential of Power Query with this advanced tutorial! 🚀 In this video, you’ll learn how to extend Power Query by connecting it with a custom Python API — hosted for free on Render — to overcome limitations in native M code. 👉 What you’ll discover: - How to set up a GitHub repo & deploy a free FastAPI server on Render. - Build Python endpoints for advanced tasks like Regex, JSON Path, and XPath. - Connect Power Query to your API using Web.Contents with GET & POST requests. - Automate updates — your API syncs automatically from GitHub! - Practical examples of using Regex, JSON, and XPath inside Power Query. This solution makes Power Query smarter, scalable, and flexible — giving you the power to handle text extraction, structured queries, and transformations that M code alone cannot do. Whether you’re an Excel Power User, Data Analyst, or BI Developer, this method will save you time and unlock completely new workflows. Please contact me for any project or VBA Automation. Contacts: Fiverr: https://www.fiverr.com/s/5rdZD6k Email: [email protected] WhatsApp: +8801515649307 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/md-ismail-hosen-b77500135/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mdismail.hosen.7 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL-q7_WvISkw0Ox9FRBBzmw