Calling an url from a trigger in mysql

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Answer 1

Here's a solution for a MySQL server 5.6 64bit(!) on Windows platform. I tested it under Win10 64bit. I needed a 64bit .dll version of a plugin which gives you functionality to run a command in a shell, a working one I found here: http://winadmin.blogspot.nl/2011/06/mysql-sysexec-udf-for-64-bit-windows.html

You could also compile it yourself on Windows see: http://rpbouman.blogspot.nl/2007/09/creating-mysql-udfs-with-microsoft.html

For MySQL 5.1+ you have to put the plugin/dll in a subdir of your MySQL installation root for example C:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.6.17\lib\plugin Or else you get an error:

Can not open shared library dll – errorcode 193

You also need curl.exe which is called by sys_eval. You need to download the correct one here (be sure to copy both(!) files .exe and .crt to a reachable path from your PATH env. var), I used c:\windows\system32 : https://winampplugins.co.uk/curl/

Then only code you need is:

--one time setup. run inside your database
CREATE FUNCTION sys_eval RETURNS STRING SONAME ‘lib_mysqludf_sys.dll’;

--example call to an URL
select CONVERT(sys_eval(CONCAT(‘curl https://randomuser.me/api?results=1‘)) USING UTF8MB4);