Call formsite API from SQL Server - sql-server

I am trying to call Formsite API from SQL Server to get the data but I am unable to get the data it is returning me null, below is the script which I am using to get the data.
This is my API link (dummy link):
https://fs29.formsite.com/api/v2/xyz/forms/form14/
Access Token (also dummy):
myaccesskey
And the script which I am using is
DECLARE #authHeader NVARCHAR(64);
DECLARE #contentType NVARCHAR(64);
DECLARE #postData NVARCHAR(MAX);
DECLARE #responseText NVARCHAR(MAX);
DECLARE #responseXML NVARCHAR(MAX);
DECLARE #ret INT;
DECLARE #status NVARCHAR(32);
DECLARE #statusText NVARCHAR(32);
DECLARE #token INT;
DECLARE #url NVARCHAR(256);
-- Set Authentications
SET #authHeader = 'Bearer **mykey**';
SET #contentType = 'application/json';
SET #url = 'https://fs29.formsite.com/api/v2/GwYV/forms/form14/' -- Dummy api url
EXEC #ret = sp_OACreate 'MSXML2.XMLHTTP', #token OUT;
SELECT #token
IF #ret <> 0
RAISERROR('Unable to open HTTP connection.', 10, 1);
-- build a request
EXEC #ret = sp_OAMethod #token, 'open', NULL, 'GET', #url, 'false';
EXEC #ret = sp_OAMethod #token, 'setRequestHeader', NULL, 'Authorization', #authHeader;
EXEC #ret = sp_OAMethod #token, 'setRequestHeader', NULL, 'Content-type', #contentType;
EXEC #ret = sp_OAMethod #token, 'setRequestHeader', NULL, 'Cache-Control', 'no-cache' ;
EXEC #ret = sp_OAMethod #token, 'send'
-- Handle response
EXEC #ret = sp_OAGetProperty #token, 'status', #status OUT;
EXEC #ret = sp_OAGetProperty #token, 'statusText', #statusText OUT;
EXEC #ret = sp_OAGetProperty #token, 'responseText', #responseText OUT;
-- Print responses
SELECT #responseText
PRINT 'Status: ' + #status + ' (' + #statusText + ')';
PRINT 'Response text: ' + #responseText;

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Difficulty using sp_OAMethod [MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP] to post multipart/form-data

Code attempts to post a multpart form to API service. which does not recognize it as multipart.
(Content should be multipart)
The request works fine in Postman, I think I could trouble shoot it if I could see the actual HTTP request being sent.
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[test_QAAPI_attachments]
as
BEGIN
SET TEXTSIZE -1;
Declare #Object as Int;
DECLARE #hr int;
Declare #json as table(Json_Table nvarchar(max));
DECLARE #contentType VARCHAR(8000);
DECLARE #contentTypeForm VARCHAR(8000);
Declare #url as Varchar(2048);
Declare #errorDesc as nvarchar (max);
Declare #len as int;
DECLARE #resp int;
DECLARE #jsonText nvarchar(max);
DECLARE #authHeader as varchar(4000);
DECLARE #ret Int;
DECLARE #token Int;
DECLARE #responseText VARCHAR(8000);
DECLARE #runMode as varchar(5); -- run, test, train
SET #contentType = 'application/json';
SET #contentTypeForm = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded';
DECLARE #moduleReference varchar(2);
DECLARE #formattedAccount varchar(21);
DECLARE #fileBinary as varbinary(max)
Declare #jsonReturned as varchar(max)
Set #errorDesc = 'No Errors'
SET #contentType = 'application/json';
set #url = 'https://qaapi71.auth.civicalg.com/main/api/v2/authority/login'
SET #jsonText =
'{
"userName": "apitest",
"password": "[REMOVED]"
}'
-- Getting the accessToken from Authority API...
Exec #hr=sp_OACreate 'MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP', #Object OUT
EXEC #hr= sp_OAMethod #Object, 'open', NULL, 'post', #url, 'false'
EXEC sp_OAMethod #Object, 'SETRequestHeader', null, 'Content-Type', 'application/json'
EXEC sp_OAMethod #Object, 'send', null, #jsonText
EXEC sp_OAMethod #Object, 'responseText', #json OUT
INSERT into #json (Json_Table) exec sp_OAGetProperty #Object, 'responseText'
Select #authHeader = 'Bearer ' + f.accessToken
FROM OPENJSON(
(select * from #json), N'$.result')
WITH (
accessToken nvarchar(4000) N'$.accessToken'
) as f
Delete #json
DECLARE #formBody varchar(max);
set #url= 'https://qaapi71.auth.civicalg.com/main/api/v2/recordManagement/attachments'
-- text below copied directly from successful Postman http request...
SET #formBody='
----------------------------028844704192657132624492
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="apiVersion"
2
----------------------------028844704192657132624492
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="ModuleReference"
DD
----------------------------028844704192657132624492
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="FormattedAccount"
002.2020.00005653.001
----------------------------028844704192657132624492
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="ExternalDocumentType"
UPLOAD
----------------------------028844704192657132624492
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Description"
some description
----------------------------028844704192657132624492
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="FileName"
test.jpg
----------------------------028844704192657132624492
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="FileUpload"; filename=""
----------------------------028844704192657132624492--'
-- final [--] indicates the end.
DECLARE #boundary as varchar(200)
SET #boundary='----------------------------028844704192657132624492'
DECLARE #L as varchar(20)
SET #L=CAST (len(#formBody) as varchar)
-- Open the connection.
EXEC #ret = sp_OACreate 'MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP', #token OUT;
IF #ret <> 0 RAISERROR('Unable to open HTTP connection.', 20, 3);
-- Send the request.
EXEC #ret = sp_OAMethod #token, 'Open', null, 'POST', #Url, 'false';
EXEC #ret = sp_OAMethod #token, 'setRequestHeader', NULL, 'Authorization', #authHeader;
EXEC #ret = sp_OAMethod #token, 'setRequestHeader', NULL, 'Content-Length',#L;
EXEC #ret = sp_OAMethod #token, 'setRequestHeader', NULL, 'Content-Type','multipart/form-data','boundary',#boundary;
EXEC #ret = sp_OAMethod #token, 'send',NULL, #formBody;
EXEC sp_OAMethod #token, 'responseText', #responseText OUTPUT
INSERT into #json (Json_Table) exec sp_OAGetProperty #token, 'responseText'
select #formBody
select * from #json
END

Calling API from SQL Server [Issue]

I am working with API and MSSQL. I need to call an API from SQL Server. But On execution, its response is null. Can anyone list errors if some in the queries?
The API responds but the issue is it shows error in Authentication while I'm using exact correct credentials. It's a POST API.
This is the only way I found correct on browsing the whole a day on Google. Can someone help or list errors?
DECLARE #authHeader NVARCHAR(MAX)= 'Basic XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
DECLARE #contentType NVARCHAR(64) = 'application/json; charset=utf-8'
DECLARE #appVersion NVARCHAR(20) = '3.2.1'
DECLARE #appkey NVARCHAR(50) = 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
DECLARE #deviceId NVARCHAR(50) = 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
DECLARE #deviceType int = 1;
DECLARE #language int = 1;
DECLARE #status NVARCHAR(32);
DECLARE #statusText NVARCHAR(32);
DECLARE #Body as VARCHAR(8000) =
'{
"itemId":"XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
"itemType":XXXXXXXXXXXXX,
"liked":"true"
}'
DECLARE #responseText NVARCHAR(2000);
DECLARE #token INT;
DECLARE #url NVARCHAR(256) = 'https://api-stage.testapp.com/v4/test';
Exec sp_OACreate 'MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP', #token OUT;
EXEC sp_OAMethod #token, 'open', NULL, 'POST', #url, 'false'
EXEC sp_OAMethod #token, 'setRequestHeader', NULL, 'Authentication', #authHeader
EXEC sp_OAMethod #token, 'setRequestHeader', NULL, 'Content-type', #contentType
EXEC sp_OAMethod #token, 'setRequestHeader', NULL, 'appVersion', #appVersion
EXEC sp_OAMethod #token, 'setRequestHeader', NULL, 'appkey', #appkey
EXEC sp_OAMethod #token, 'setRequestHeader', NULL, 'deviceId', #deviceId
EXEC sp_OAMethod #token, 'setRequestHeader', NULL, 'devicetype', #deviceType
EXEC sp_OAMethod #token, 'setRequestHeader', NULL, 'language', #language
EXEC sp_OAMethod #token, 'send', null
Exec sp_OAMethod #token, 'setRequestBody', null, 'Body', #body
EXEC sp_OAGetProperty #token, 'status', #status OUT;
EXEC sp_OAGetProperty #token, 'statusText', #statusText OUT;
EXEC sp_OAGetProperty #token, 'responseText', #responseText OUT;
PRINT 'Status: ' + #status + ' (' + #statusText + ')';
PRINT 'Response text: ' + #responseText;
Select #ResponseText as Response

Call Rest TaxJar API from SQL Server Code

I'm working on calling TaxJar API from SQL Server, I saw some articles like:
calling an api from sql server stored-procedure
but unfirtunately I did know how to pass a Token value to the call
Here is a sample of the Get Call I'm making in Poestman:
https://api.taxjar.com/v2/rates/90404-3370
Token: XXXXXXXXXXX
Postman sample
anythoyghts how to do it please?
Thanks
here is a code sample of what i've done so far:
DECLARE
#Result INT,
#Text nVARCHAR(max),
#Obj int,
#HTTPStatus smallint,
#URL Varchar(MAX)
DECLARE #output varchar(255);
DECLARE #hr int;
DECLARE #source varchar(255);
DECLARE #description varchar(255);
SET #Text = '-H "Authorization: Bearer [TOKEN VALUE]'
SET #Url = 'https://api.taxjar.com/v2/rates/90404-3370 \'
EXEC #Result = sp_OACreate 'WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1', #Obj OUT
EXEC #Result = sp_OAMethod #Obj, 'open', NULL, 'GET', #URL, false
EXEC #Result = sp_OAMethod #Obj, 'setRequestHeader', NULL, 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers', 'Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept'
EXEC #Result = sp_OAMethod #Obj, 'setRequestHeader', NULL, 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*'
EXEC #Result = sp_OAMethod #Obj, 'setRequestHeader', NULL, 'Content-Type', 'application/json'
EXEC #Result = sp_OAMethod #Obj, send, NULL, #Text
EXEC #Result = sp_OAGetProperty #Obj, 'status', #HTTPStatus OUT
PRINT #Result
EXEC #Result = sp_OAGetErrorInfo #obj, #source OUT, #description OUT;
IF #Result = 0
BEGIN
SET #output = ' Source: ' + #source + CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)
SET #output = #output + ' Description: ' + #description
PRINT 'OLE Automation Error Information';
PRINT #output
END
================================================================
UPDATE:
HERE IS MY SQL CODE AND IT WORKED PARTIALLY
DECLARE #authHeader NVARCHAR(64);
DECLARE #contentType NVARCHAR(64);
DECLARE #postData NVARCHAR(MAX);
DECLARE #responseText NVARCHAR(MAX);
DECLARE #responseXML NVARCHAR(MAX);
DECLARE #ret INT;
DECLARE #status NVARCHAR(32);
DECLARE #statusText NVARCHAR(32);
DECLARE #token INT;
DECLARE #url NVARCHAR(256);
-- Set Authentications
SET #authHeader = 'Bearer [TOKEN VALUE]';
SET #contentType = 'application/json';
SET #url = 'https://api.taxjar.com/v2/summary_rates'
EXEC #ret = sp_OACreate 'WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1', #token OUT;
IF #ret <> 0 RAISERROR('Unable to open HTTP connection.', 10, 1);
-- build a request
EXEC #ret = sp_OAMethod #token, 'open', NULL, 'GET', #url, 'false';
EXEC #ret = sp_OAMethod #token, 'setRequestHeader', NULL, 'Authorization', #authHeader;
EXEC #ret = sp_OAMethod #token, 'setRequestHeader', NULL, 'Content-type', #contentType;
EXEC #ret = sp_OAMethod #token, 'setRequestHeader', NULL, 'Cache-Control', 'no-cache' ;
EXEC #ret = sp_OAMethod #token, 'send'
-- Handle responce
EXEC #ret = sp_OAGetProperty #token, 'status', #status OUT;
EXEC #ret = sp_OAGetProperty #token, 'statusText', #statusText OUT;
EXEC #ret = sp_OAGetProperty #token, 'responseText', #responseText OUT;
-- Print responec
PRINT 'Status: ' + #status + ' (' + #statusText + ')';
PRINT 'Response text: ' + #responseText;
THE URL IS RETURNING NOTHING IN SQL BUT IN POSTMAN IT RETURNS VALUES!
Try using this CLR Stored proc https://github.com/geral2/SQL-APIConsumer
DECLARE #Result AS TABLE
(
Token VARCHAR(MAX)
)
INSERT INTO #Result
exec [dbo].[APICaller_POST]
#URL = 'http://localhost:5000/api/auth/login'
,#BodyJson = '{"Username":"gdiaz","Password":"password"}'
DECLARE #Token AS VARCHAR(MAX)
SELECT TOP 1 #Token = CONCAT('Bearer ',Json.Token)
FROM #Result
CROSS APPLY ( SELECT value AS Token FROM OPENJSON(Result)) AS [Json]
EXEC [dbo].[APICaller_GETAuth]
#URL = 'http://localhost:5000/api/values'
, #Token = #Token

How to avoid sp_OACreate limits?

Declare #Object as Int;
Declare #ResponseText as Varchar(8000);
Declare #Url as Varchar(MAX);
set #Url = 'http://mysite.ru/cgi-bin/my_xml.cgi'
Exec sp_OACreate 'MSXML2.XMLHTTP', #Object OUT;
Exec sp_OAMethod #Object, 'open', NULL, 'get', #Url, 'false'
Exec sp_OAMethod #Object, 'send'
Exec sp_OAMethod #Object, 'responseText', #ResponseText OUTPUT
Exec sp_OADestroy #Object
SELECT #ResponseText
XML length in url is 4210 and #ResponseText return NULL , when I change length to 3970 #ResponseText return me data. Does sp_OACreate have limit 400 ? If yes if it possible to avoid ?
despite the subject of your post i think that the issue is likely with sp_OAMethod and not sp_OACreate itself.
also IMHO accessing the web from sql code should be avoided at all costs but this is just my opinion because i don't like the idea having a RDBMS 'surfing the web'. ^^
to circumvent the limitation of sp_OAMethod you can try to elaborate an answer present on msdn.
your code should become something like this:
Declare #Object as Int;
Declare #ResponseText as Varchar(8000);
Declare #Url as Varchar(MAX);
set #Url = 'http://mysite.ru/cgi-bin/my_xml.cgi'
Exec sp_OACreate 'MSXML2.XMLHTTP', #Object OUT;
Exec sp_OAMethod #Object, 'open', NULL, 'get', #Url, 'false'
Exec sp_OAMethod #Object, 'send'
--Exec sp_OAMethod #Object, 'responseText', #ResponseText OUTPUT
INSERT #temptable ( appropriatefield )
EXEC #Result = sp_OAGetProperty #Obj, 'YourPropertyName'
Exec sp_OADestroy #Object
the solution requires a temp table with appropriate structure and datatype to store the value produced by the remote page and this should allow you to get more than 4k of data.
According to this thread on sqlservercentral.com, sp_OACreate is limited to 4000 characters.
A workaround is to split up the read into smaller "chunks" that are then concated together in SQL. Here is a code snippet from the above link, that might help you although it reads XML from file instead of through HTTP:
EXECUTE #hResult = sp_OACreate ''Scripting.FileSystemObject'' , #objFileSystem OUT
IF #hResult <> 0
BEGIN
EXEC sp_OAGetErrorInfo #objFileSystem, #ErrorSource OUT, #ErrorDesc OUT
SET #ErrorFailPoint = ''Creating FSO''
GOTO DestroyFSO
RETURN
END
SET #FileNameAndPath = #Path + ''\'' + #FileName
-- Read file
EXECUTE #hResult = sp_OAMethod #objFileSystem, ''OpenTextFile'', #objTextStream OUT, #FileNameAndPath, 1, false, 0--for reading, FormatASCII
IF #hResult <> 0
BEGIN
EXEC sp_OAGetErrorInfo #objFileSystem, #ErrorSource OUT, #ErrorDesc OUT
SET #ErrorFailPoint = ''Opening Reponse File''
GOTO Destroy
RETURN
END
SET #ResponseText = ''''
WHILE #hResult = 0
BEGIN
EXECUTE #hResult = sp_OAGetProperty #objTextStream, ''AtEndOfStream'', #YesOrNo OUTPUT
IF #hResult <> 0
BEGIN
EXEC sp_OAGetErrorInfo #objTextStream, #ErrorSource OUT, #ErrorDesc OUT
SET #ErrorFailPoint = ''Checking AtEndOfStream''
GOTO Destroy
RETURN
END
IF #YesOrNo <> 0
BREAK
EXECUTE #hResult = sp_OAMethod #objTextStream, ''Read'', #Chunk OUTPUT, 4000
IF #hResult <> 0
BEGIN
EXEC sp_OAGetErrorInfo #objTextStream, #ErrorSource OUT, #ErrorDesc OUT
SET #ErrorFailPoint = ''Reading Chunk''
GOTO Destroy
RETURN
END
SET #ResponseText = #ResponseText + ISNULL(#Chunk, '''')
END
EXECUTE #hResult = sp_OAMethod #objTextStream, ''Close''
IF #hResult <> 0
BEGIN
EXEC sp_OAGetErrorInfo #objTextStream, #ErrorSource OUT, #ErrorDesc OUT
SET #ErrorFailPoint = ''Closing Response File''
GOTO Destroy
RETURN
END
-- Record response info
SET #ResponseXml = CAST(#ResponseText AS XML)
Destroy:
EXEC sp_OADestroy #objTextStream
DestroyFSO:
EXEC sp_OADestroy #objFileSystem
This is what I use to overcome the limitation. I use it for a RESTful api communication. I can receive varchar(max) but am still limited on the amount of data I can send. This might get you where you need to be. The top 5 variables are the arguments I use for the sproc.
Declare #url as varchar(1024)
Declare #connection_type as varchar(6)='GET' --POST, PUT, GET DELETE
Declare #post_string as varchar(max)=null
Declare #response_text as Varchar(max)
Declare #content_type varchar(254)='application/json'
Declare #oa_object as Int;
Declare #err_code as Int
Declare #result_table Table (xml_result varchar(max))
Select #post_string=dbo.fn_regex_replace('([ ]{2,10})|\r|\n', #post_string,'') --remove carriage returns and multiple spaces
Exec #err_code=sp_OACreate 'MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP.3.0', #oa_object OUT;
If #err_code<>0
Set #response_text=dbo.fn_oa_error_message(#oa_object)
Else
Begin
Exec #err_code=sp_OAMethod #oa_object, 'open', NULL, #connection_type, #url,'false','d0b1a0aaed2a529356471de4fe99cae2','8e7aa1a91fa68d06cd027914d3aa1140'
If #err_code<>0
Set #response_text='Open '+dbo.fn_oa_error_message(#oa_object)
Else
Begin
Exec #err_code=sp_OAMethod #oa_object, 'setRequestHeader', NULL, 'User-Agent', 'Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)'
If #err_code<>0
Set #response_text='setRequestHeader:User-Agent '+dbo.fn_oa_error_message(#oa_object)
Else
Begin
Exec #err_code=sp_OAMethod #oa_object, 'setRequestHeader', NULL, 'Content-Type', #content_type
If #err_code<>0
Set #response_text='setRequestHeader:Content-Type '+dbo.fn_oa_error_message(#oa_object)
Else
Begin
Exec #err_code=sp_OAMethod #oa_object, 'send', Null, #post_string
If #err_code<>0
Set #response_text='Send '+dbo.fn_oa_error_message(#oa_object)
Else
Begin
Set #response_text=null--make sure we don't return garbage
INSERT #result_table (xml_result)
Exec #err_code = sp_OAGetProperty #oa_object, 'responseText'
If #err_code<>0
Set #response_text='responseText '+dbo.fn_oa_error_message(#oa_object)
Else
SELECT #response_text=xml_result FROM #result_table
End
End
End
End
End
Exec sp_OADestroy #oa_object
Although you don't need it, the error handler is below. It helps with troubleshooting.
CREATE FUNCTION
dbo.n_oa_error_message(#oa_object int)
RETURNS varchar(max)
AS
BEGIN
Declare #source varchar(255)
Declare #description varchar(255)
exec sp_OAGetErrorInfo #oa_object, #source OUT, #description OUT
return 'Error: '+IsNull(#description,'no description')
END
I used the following query to solve this issue. The problem is probably not sp_OACreate or sp_OAMethod, but the way to return the #ResponseText. Inserting the data into a table variable instead of using "#ResponseText OUTPUT" is the key. Note that I changed the #Response to VARCHAR(MAX).
DECLARE #TABLEVAR TABLE (responseXml VARCHAR(MAX))
DECLARE #URL VARCHAR(200)
SELECT #URL = 'http://mysite/php-start/callxml.php'
DECLARE #Response NVARCHAR(MAX)
DECLARE #Xml XML
DECLARE #Obj INT
DECLARE #Result INT
EXEC #Result = sp_OACreate 'MSXML2.XMLHttp', #Obj OUT
EXEC #Result = sp_OAMethod #Obj, 'open', NULL, 'GET', #URL, false
EXEC #Result = sp_OAMethod #Obj, 'setRequestHeader', NULL, 'Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
EXEC #Result = sp_OAMethod #Obj, SEND, NULL, ''
INSERT INTO #TABLEVAR
EXEC #Result = sp_OAGetProperty #Obj, 'responseXML.xml'--, #Response OUT
EXEC sp_OADestroy #Obj
SELECT #Response = responseXml FROM #TABLEVAR
SELECT #Xml = CONVERT(XML, #Response, 2)
DECLARE #handle INT
EXEC sp_xml_preparedocument #handle OUTPUT, #Xml
SELECT *
FROM OPENXML(#handle, '/data/record', 2)
WITH [dbo].[tblDialogTechTemp]
EXEC sp_xml_removedocument #handle
My query suddenly returned null without changing anything. After changing 'MSXML2.XMLHttp' to 'MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP', it started to work again. To know more about the difference between these two, see this article and Microsoft documentation.

Calling a SOAP webservice from TSQL stored procedure

I am trying to build a stored procedure in TSQL to call a webservice. I've done this before in Oracle, but it seems like it's not so easy in MSSQL.
There are of course many reasons not to do this in a stored proc, but since this procedure is only to be used in a daily batch, performance is not too much of a issue.
The thing I want to do is as follows: Send a full name to the webservice, the webservice will return a name divided in things like first name, prefix, lastname, etc. The returned values will need to be written to a table.
I found a interesting procedure at http://www.vishalseth.com/post/2009/12/22/Call-a-webservice-from-TSQL-(Stored-Procedure)-using-MSXML.aspx wich seemed to do exactly what I want, but as soon as you add a body to the call, I run into errors like "The parameter is incorrect". This is also stated in the article, and apparently there's no easy solution for it. I definitely need to send a request body.
I also read lots of articles about solving it with CLI or the "Web Service Task Editor", or "SSIS" bit I couldn't find any tutorials about where to start. Right now I only have Microsoft SQL server management studio.
I'm on SQL server 2012 by the way.
Any ideas about what direction I should go with this?
I've already found this description, wich seems pretty clean: http://www.databasejournal.com/features/mssql/article.php/3821271/Calling-a-Web-Service-from-within-SQL-Server.htm However, after installing visual studio 2012 and creating a "SQL server database project", I am unable to choose "Add Web Reference" in the solution context menu, there's just nu such option in the menu.
In the past I have used the following method, it may not be the best method these days but it has worked successfully for me :
DECLARE #obj int,
#url VarChar(MAX),
#response VarChar(MAX),
#requestHeader VarChar(MAX),
#requestBody VarChar(MAX)
SET #url = 'http://....'
SET #requestBody = '<soapenv:Envelope>
<soapenv:Header/>
<soapenv:Body>
...
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>'
EXEC sp_OACreate 'MSXML2.ServerXMLHttp', #obj OUT
EXEC sp_OAMethod #obj, 'Open', NULL, 'GET', #url, false
EXEC sp_OAMethod #obj, 'setRequestHeader', NULL, 'Content-Type', 'text/xml;charset=UTF-8'
EXEC sp_OAMethod #obj, 'setRequestHeader', NULL, 'SOAPAction', 'POST'
EXEC sp_OAMethod #obj, 'setRequestHeader', NULL, 'Content-Length', LEN(#requestBody)
EXEC sp_OAMethod #obj, 'send', NULL, #requestBody
EXEC sp_OAGetProperty #obj, 'responseText', #response OUT
SELECT #response [RESPONSE]
EXEC sp_OADestroy #obj
I have used this to call a webservice which produces a report and emails it within the method.
Made this monster for my own needs
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[RequestHttpWebService]
#Url varchar(1024),
#HttpMethod varchar(10),
#ParamsValues varchar(1024), -- param1=value&param2=value
#SoapAction varchar(1024) = null
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON;
--set #Url = 'http://localhost/service.asmx'
--set #HttpMethod = 'soap'
--set #ParamsValues = 'login=tr2280&password=Qwe12345&domain=webtech.development'
--set #SoapAction = 'Authenticate'
if #HttpMethod in ('get','GET') and len(#ParamsValues) > 0
begin
set #Url = #Url + '?' + #ParamsValues
end
declare #obj int
,#response varchar(8000)
,#responseXml xml
,#status varchar(50)
,#statusText varchar(1024)
,#method varchar(10) = (case when #HttpMethod in ('soap','SOAP') then 'POST' else #HttpMethod end)
exec sp_OACreate 'MSXML2.ServerXMLHttp', #obj out
exec sp_OAMethod #obj, 'Open', null, #method, #Url, false
if #HttpMethod in ('get','GET')
begin
exec sp_OAMethod #obj, 'send'
end
else if #HttpMethod in ('post','POST')
begin
exec sp_OAMethod #obj, 'setRequestHeader', null, 'Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
exec sp_OAMethod #obj, 'send', null, #ParamsValues
end
else if #HttpMethod in ('soap','SOAP')
begin
if #SoapAction is null
raiserror('#SoapAction is null', 10, 1)
declare #host varchar(1024) = #Url
if #host like 'http://%'
set #host = right(#host, len(#host) - 7)
else if #host like 'https://%'
set #host = right(#host, len(#host) - 8)
if charindex(':', #host) > 0 and charindex(':', #host) < charindex('/', #host)
set #host = left(#host, charindex(':', #host) - 1)
else
set #host = left(#host, charindex('/', #host) - 1)
declare #envelope varchar(8000) = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><soap:Body><{action} xmlns="http://tempuri.org/">{params}</{action}></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>'
declare #params varchar(8000) = ''
WHILE LEN(#ParamsValues) > 0
BEGIN
declare #param varchar(256),
#value varchar(256)
IF charindex('&', #ParamsValues) > 0
BEGIN
SET #param = left(#ParamsValues, charindex('&', #ParamsValues) - 1)
set #value = RIGHT(#param, len(#param) - charindex('=', #param))
set #param = left(#param, charindex('=', #param) - 1)
set #params = #params + '<' + #param + '>' + #value + '</'+ #param + '>'
SET #ParamsValues = right(#ParamsValues, LEN(#ParamsValues) - LEN(#param + '=' + #value + '&'))
END
ELSE
BEGIN
set #value = RIGHT(#ParamsValues, len(#ParamsValues) - charindex('=', #ParamsValues))
set #param = left(#ParamsValues, charindex('=', #ParamsValues) - 1)
set #params = #params + '<' + #param + '>' + #value + '</'+ #param + '>'
SET #ParamsValues = NULL
END
END
set #envelope = replace(#envelope, '{action}', #SoapAction)
set #envelope = replace(#envelope, '{params}', #params)
set #SoapAction = 'http://tempuri.org/' + #SoapAction
print #host
print #SoapAction
print #envelope
exec sp_OAMethod #obj, 'setRequestHeader', null, 'Content-Type', 'text/xml; charset=utf-8'
exec sp_OAMethod #obj, 'setRequestHeader', null, 'Host', #host
exec sp_OAMethod #obj, 'setRequestHeader', null, 'SOAPAction', #SoapAction
exec sp_OAMethod #obj, 'send', null, #envelope
end
exec sp_OAGetProperty #obj, 'responseText', #response out
exec sp_OADestroy #obj
select #status as [status], #statusText as [statusText], #response as [response]
END
GO
edit: formatting
I ran into this issue as well. Here is the proper way to execute an HTTP Post with parameters from T-SQL:
DECLARE #authHeader NVARCHAR(64);
DECLARE #contentType NVARCHAR(64);
DECLARE #postData NVARCHAR(2000);
DECLARE #responseText NVARCHAR(2000);
DECLARE #responseXML NVARCHAR(2000);
DECLARE #ret INT;
DECLARE #status NVARCHAR(32);
DECLARE #statusText NVARCHAR(32);
DECLARE #token INT;
DECLARE #url NVARCHAR(256);
SET #authHeader = 'BASIC 0123456789ABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF';
SET #contentType = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded';
SET #postData = 'value1=Hello&value2=World'
SET #url = 'https://requestb.in/16xdq1p1'
-- Open the connection.
EXEC #ret = sp_OACreate 'MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP', #token OUT;
IF #ret <> 0 RAISERROR('Unable to open HTTP connection.', 10, 1);
-- Send the request.
EXEC #ret = sp_OAMethod #token, 'open', NULL, 'POST', #url, 'false';
EXEC #ret = sp_OAMethod #token, 'setRequestHeader', NULL, 'Authentication', #authHeader;
EXEC #ret = sp_OAMethod #token, 'setRequestHeader', NULL, 'Content-type', #contentType;
EXEC #ret = sp_OAMethod #token, 'send', NULL, #postData;
-- Handle the response.
EXEC #ret = sp_OAGetProperty #token, 'status', #status OUT;
EXEC #ret = sp_OAGetProperty #token, 'statusText', #statusText OUT;
EXEC #ret = sp_OAGetProperty #token, 'responseText', #responseText OUT;
-- Show the response.
PRINT 'Status: ' + #status + ' (' + #statusText + ')';
PRINT 'Response text: ' + #responseText;
-- Close the connection.
EXEC #ret = sp_OADestroy #token;
IF #ret <> 0 RAISERROR('Unable to close HTTP connection.', 10, 1);
Credit goes to the original author.
Edit: The example service I was calling here appears to have shut down. You will need to swap out the URL and post to a different endpoint in order to see it working.
You cannot add a Web Reference in the usual way when maintaining a SQL Server Project in Visual Studio. However, you can use the WSDL Utility to create the Web Interface and add this to your solution. Subsequently, you will then be able to access the Web Methods that you want in your CLR Stored Procedure.
The WSDL.exe utility can be found within the installed Microsoft SDK's, I ran mine using the Windows 7 version but a simple search of your HDD should give you your location, which was installed in the following directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bin
The commands to use when running the WSDL.exe utility are:
WSDL.exe /o:(name of Visual Studio Class file) /n:(name of namespace) (address of webservice)
for example:
WSDL.exe /o:Weather.cs /n:Weather.Test http://wsf.cdyne.com/WeatherWS/Weather.asmx
This will generate a Weather.cs file in this instance which you can then add to your project and call within your method.

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