I need to retrieve data from a REST API, and we are going to use VBA to pull data from the web, which requires bearer token authentication.
To use VBA to retrieve data from an API with a bearer token and import it into Excel, you can follow these steps:
- Declare Variables: Declare variables for storing the API endpoint URL, the bearer token, and the data retrieved from the API.
- Create HTTP Request: Use the XMLHttpRequest object to create an HTTP request.
- Set Request Headers: Add headers to the request, including the authorization header with the bearer token.
- Send Request: Send the request to the API endpoint.
- Handle Response: Extract the data from the response and import it into Excel.
Here's an example of how you can do this in VBA:
Sub GetDataFromAPI()
Dim url As String
Dim token As String
Dim httpRequest As Object
Dim responseText As String
' Set the API endpoint URL
url = "https://www.quickpickdeal.com/api/Product/GetAllProducts"
' Set the bearer token
token = "your_bearer_token_here"
' Create a new HTTP request
Set httpRequest = CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")
' Open the HTTP request
httpRequest.Open "GET", url, False
' Set the authorization header with the bearer token
httpRequest.setRequestHeader "Authorization", "Bearer " & token
' Send the HTTP request
httpRequest.send
' Get the response text
responseText = httpRequest.responseText
' Handle the response (for example, parse JSON and import into Excel)
' Add your code here to parse the response and import data into Excel
' For example purposes, display the response text in a message box
MsgBox responseText
' Clean up
Set httpRequest = Nothing
End Sub