getHTTP with (excel) VBA?

Question

I\'m searching for a query for an excel VBA macro to get a webpage html code as string. I\'ve found some source with getHTTPrequest but I can\'t register .net framwork syste

Answer 1

Close enough: How can I send an HTTP POST request to a server from Excel using VBA? — It's even for Excel ;-)

Just use a GET request instead:

objHTTP.Open "GET", URL, False

MSDN: Using the WinHttpRequest COM Object - Retrieving Data Using Visual Basic

Answer 2

Here's a compact function that returns the response text of almost any specified URL, such as HTTP source code for a web page, or response text from JSON API's.

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Late Bound:

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Public Function getHTTP(ByVal url As String) As String
  With CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")
    .Open "GET", url, False: .Send
    getHTTP = StrConv(.responseBody, vbUnicode)
  End With
End Function

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Early Bound:

If you need to call the function repeatedly (in a loop, for example) you might be better off to use it as an early-bound function:

1. Add a reference to the XML library:

   Tools → References → Select