topic Re: USE PROC HTTP to get data from API in XML format in SAS Programming

USE PROC HTTP to get data from API in XML format

aomy82 — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 23:04:25 GMT

Hi All,

I am trying to get data in XML format from an API. But the data I get form this API is always in JSON format.

I confirmed with the API's developers that it can return data in both JSON and XML depending on the request

Here is the code I am using:

FILENAME QAOS "/haexample/Example_Dir/Example.xml";

PROC HTTP

URL = "http://example.cnn.com/api/Something?format=xml"

OUT = QAOS

METHOD= 'GET'

;

RUN;

What am I missing here? Please help.

Regards,

Ahmed

Re: USE PROC HTTP to get data from API in XML format

Patrick — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 23:31:43 GMT

@aomy82

Get from your API developers a working sample get request (the URL) where they confirm that you get an XML back.

Re: USE PROC HTTP to get data from API in XML format

Reeza — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 00:00:47 GMT

Most of the time you can take the API call, post it in a browser URL bar and get the response. Make sure that works first and then verify that PROC HTTP works. FYI - I used it last week so it definitely works as intended.

Another check, make sure your version of SAS supports what you're trying to do but I think PROC HTTP is pretty old. This is unlikely...but if you're not sure post your SAS version (i.e. 9.4 TS1M4)