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Felipe_bortolo
Fluorite | Level 6

Hi!

 

I’m trying to use a REST service with basic authentication (no proxy server involved) to ger information in json format using PROC HTTP.

 

However, I can’t connect successfully to the web server using the procedure. I’ve already verified the procedure’s official documentation and I read the guide RESTfull web services for beginners, but I can’t find any syntax errors (I’ve already tried different ways).

 

Someone could please help me, indicating what could be wrong or how I could get successfully connected using basic authentication? I’m using Guide 8.2 version.

 

Here’s an example of the code I’m trying to submit:

 

filename TESTE temp encoding='utf-8';

proc http
	url="https://............."
	method="GET"
	auth_basic
	WEBPASSWORD="XXXXXXXXXXXX"
	WEBUSERNAME="nome_usuario"
	out=TESTE
	TIMEOUT=30
	ct="application/json";
run;

Thanks a lot!

 

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ChrisHemedinger
Community Manager

It's possible you have a proxy gateway that you need to account for. See some tips here.

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ChrisHemedinger
Community Manager

Have you tested that you can work with PROC HTTP to reach websites in your environment? Try this code:

 

filename resp temp;
 
/* Neat service from Open Notify project */
proc http 
 url="http://api.open-notify.org/astros.json"
 method= "GET"
 out=resp;
run;
 
/* Assign a JSON library to the HTTP response */
libname space JSON fileref=resp;
 
/* Print result, dropping automatic ordinal metadata */
title "Who is in space right now? (as of &sysdate)";
proc print data=space.people (drop=ordinal:);
run;

If that works, make sure the REST service you're using can use basic authentication (user and password), instead of a more elaborate token-based authentication.

 

This webinar and links might help.

 

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Felipe_bortolo
Fluorite | Level 6
Thanks, Chris! Actually it didn't work… Do you have any suggestions about possible reasons? It would be helpful for me to address the problem here.

Thanks again!
ChrisHemedinger
Community Manager

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