topic rawUpload REST API in combination with PROC HTTP in SAS Programming

rawUpload REST API in combination with PROC HTTP

MAGG — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 09:59:51 GMT

I get an error after submitting this code. How to fix this.
I could not find a proc http example with #rawUpload


%let baseurl=%sysfunc(getoption(SERVICESBASEURL)); proc http method=POST url="&baseurl./files/files/#rawUpload" in = 'sample file bytes' oauth_bearer = sas_services; debug level=1; headers 'Accept'= 'application/vnd.sas.collection+json'; run;

Re: rawUpload REST API in combination with PROC HTTP

SASJedi — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 12:14:01 GMT

In the code you posted, the #rawupload is part of the URI:

proc http

method=POST

url="&baseurl./files/files/#rawUpload"

In a URI, the # indicates a named anchor, expressed in the HTML as an ID tag, in an HTML document. I've never seen one used in an API URI before. You will need to refer to your API documentation to properly construct the URI for your PROC HTTP step.

To clarify what I mean by a named anchor, this URL leads to the SAS documentation for the DOLLAR format:
https://go.documentation.sas.com/doc/en/pgmsascdc/v_026/leforinforref/p03sgbuduqemljn1nqj7qm1leql9.htm

But I want to send you a link that will take you straight to the Syntax portion of the page:

I inspect the page source and see the named anchor (ID) encoded in the HTML:

<h2 class="xisDoc-title" id="p13eaxol6sdchqn1atunoasthxge">Syntax</h2>

So I add the named anchor to the URL:

https://go.documentation.sas.com/doc/en/pgmsascdc/v_026/leforinforref/p03sgbuduqemljn1nqj7qm1leql9.htm#p13eaxol6sdchqn1atunoasthxge

And the link now leads straight to the Syntax section:

Re: rawUpload REST API in combination with PROC HTTP

MAGG — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 19:12:13 GMT

Thank you for the the suggestion!

The official api-documentation is as follows:

I'am still interpreting this in a strict literal manner. In the documention there is nothing one should replace the # with something else. But maybe I'm wrong