Calling an API from SQL Server stored procedure

Question

Calling an API from ASP.NET Web Form is very easy.

WebClient wc = new WebClient();
string urlData = wc.DownloadString(\"http://xxx.xxx.xx.xx/sssss/getRespons         


        

Answer 1

I'd recommend using a CLR user defined function, if you already know how to program in C#, then the code would be;

using System.Data.SqlTypes;
using System.Net;

public partial class UserDefinedFunctions
{
 [Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.SqlFunction]
 public static SqlString http(SqlString url)
 {
  var wc = new WebClient();
  var html = wc.DownloadString(url.Value);
  return new SqlString (html);
 }
}

And here's installation instructions; https://blog.dotnetframework.org/2019/09/17/make-a-http-request-from-sqlserver-using-a-clr-udf/