API Calls with VBA: Accessing External Data Sources
Consume REST APIs to bring data into Excel.
GET with headers
Function ApiGet(ByVal url As String, ByVal bearer As String) As String Dim x As Object: Set x = CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP") x.Open "GET", url, False x.setRequestHeader "Authorization", "Bearer " & bearer x.setRequestHeader "Accept", "application/json" x.send If x.Status = 200 Then ApiGet = x.responseText Else ApiGet = "" End Function
Parse JSON and map fields to columns. Handle pagination and rate limits.
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