HTTP GET - Download HTML from URL

Simple HTTP GET request to download the HTML of a web page.

Download Chilkat HTTP ActiveX

CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @http int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Http', @http OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    DECLARE @success int

    -- Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'UnlockComponent', @success OUT, 'Anything for 30-day trial'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        RETURN
      END

    -- Send the HTTP GET and return the content in a string.
    -- Note: local string variables have a max size of 4000.
    -- To download larger pages, refer to the example that downloads
    -- directly into a table: HTTP GET into SQL Server Table
    
    DECLARE @html nvarchar(4000)

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'QuickGetStr', @html OUT, 'http://www.w3.org/Protocols/'

    PRINT @html
END
GO