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pg_http : HTTP client for PostgreSQL, allows web page retrieval inside the database.
Overview
| ID | Extension | Package | Version | Category | License | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4070 | http | pg_http | 1.7.0 | UTIL | MIT | C |
| Attribute | Has Binary | Has Library | Need Load | Has DDL | Relocatable | Trusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
--s-d-- | No | Yes | No | Yes | no | no |
| Relationships | |
|---|---|
| See Also | pg_net pg_curl pgjwt pg_smtp_client gzip bzip zstd pgjq |
Packages
| Type | Repo | Version | PG Major Compatibility | Package Pattern | Dependencies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXT | PGDG | 1.7.0 | 18 17 16 15 14 13 | pg_http | - |
| RPM | PGDG | 1.7.0 | 18 17 16 15 14 13 | pg_http_$v* | - |
| DEB | PGDG | 1.7.0 | 18 17 16 15 14 13 | postgresql-$v-http | - |
| Linux / PG | PG18 | PG17 | PG16 | PG15 | PG14 | PG13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
el8.x86_64 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 |
el8.aarch64 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 |
el9.x86_64 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 |
el9.aarch64 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 |
el10.x86_64 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 |
el10.aarch64 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 | PIGSTY 1.7.0 |
d12.x86_64 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 |
d12.aarch64 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 |
d13.x86_64 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 |
d13.aarch64 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 |
u22.x86_64 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 |
u22.aarch64 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 |
u24.x86_64 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 |
u24.aarch64 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 | PGDG 1.7.0 |
Source
pig build pkg pg_http; # build spec not readyInstall
Make sure PGDG repo available:
pig repo add pgdg -u # add pgdg repo and update cacheInstall this extension with pig:
pig install pg_http; # install via package name, for the active PG version
pig install http; # install by extension name, for the current active PG version
pig install http -v 18; # install for PG 18
pig install http -v 17; # install for PG 17
pig install http -v 16; # install for PG 16
pig install http -v 15; # install for PG 15
pig install http -v 14; # install for PG 14
pig install http -v 13; # install for PG 13Create this extension with:
CREATE EXTENSION http;Usage
https://github.com/pramsey/pgsql-http
Request / Response Schema:
Composite type "public.http_request"
Column | Type | Modifiers
--------------+-------------------+-----------
method | http_method |
uri | character varying |
headers | http_header[] |
content_type | character varying |
content | character varying |
Composite type "public.http_response"
Column | Type | Modifiers
--------------+-------------------+-----------
status | integer |
content_type | character varying |
headers | http_header[] |
content | character varying |Examples
Sending HTTP GET requests with SQL
CREATE EXTENSION http;
-- get content
SELECT content FROM http_get('http://httpbun.com/');
-- get status and content_type
SELECT status, content_type FROM http_get('http://httpbun.com/');
-- status | content_type
-- --------+--------------------------
-- 200 | text/html; charset=utf-8
-- get headers
SELECT (unnest(headers)).* FROM http_get('http://httpbun.com/');
-- field | value
-- ---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------
-- Location | https://httpbun.com/
-- Date | Mon, 04 Nov 2024 09:00:36 GMT
-- Content-Length | 0
-- Connection | close
-- alt-svc | h3=":443"; ma=2592000
-- content-security-policy | frame-ancestors 'none'
-- content-type | text/html
-- date | Mon, 04 Nov 2024 09:00:37 GMT
-- strict-transport-security | max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload
-- x-content-type-options | nosniff
-- x-powered-by | httpbun/af040d24038613575a85f74c2283ae79f8169927
-- (11 rows)SELECT status, content::json->'form' AS form FROM http_post('http://httpbun.com/post', jsonb_build_object('myvar','myval','foo','bar'));Issue http put requests:
SELECT status, content_type, content::json->>'data' AS data
FROM http_put('http://httpbun.com/put', 'some text', 'text/plain');
-- status | content_type | data
-- --------+------------------+-----------
-- 200 | application/json | some textIssue http post request:
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