send get request vba code example

Example 1: excel vba send HTTP POST to server

'VBA function to send HTTP POST to a server:

Function httpPost$(url$, msg$)
    With CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1")
        .Open "POST", url, False
        .setRequestHeader "User-Agent", "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)"
        .setRequestHeader "Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
        '.setRequestHeader "secret-pass-key", "your-key"    <--if needed
        .send msg
        httpPost = .responseText
    End With
End Function

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'Example usage:
response = httpPost(url, msg)

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'Note: This same setup can be used for an HTTP PUT. Just change "POST" to "PUT".
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Example 2: excel vba http get

'VBA function to send HTTP GET to a server:

Function httpGet$(url$)
    With CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1")
        .Open "GET", url, False
        .Send
        httpGet = .ResponseText
    End With
End Function

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'Example usage:
response = httpGet(url)