Perform HTTP Post from within Excel and Parse Results

Question

I have access to an API. The API takes an XML post as input and then returns an XML response with the relevant data.

I want to

1. Send the HTTP Post to

Answer 1

The Excel request side can be handled with this VBA code.

Sub GetStuff()

Dim objXML As Object
Dim strData As String
Dim strResponse As String

 strData = "Request"
 Set objXML = CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")

 objXML.Open "POST", "www.example.com/api?" & strData, False
 objXML.Send
 strResponse = objXML.responsetext

MsgBox strResponse

End Sub