PostgreSQL curl allows most curl actions, including data transfer with URL syntax via HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, TFTP, SCP, SFTP, SMB, TELNET, DICT, LDAP, LDAPS, FILE, IMAP, SMTP, POP3, RTSP and RTMP
CMIT
http get
CREATE OR REPLACEFUNCTIONget(url TEXT) RETURNS TEXT LANGUAGE SQL AS $BODY$
WITH s AS (SELECT
curl_easy_reset(),
curl_easy_setopt_url(url),
curl_easy_perform(),
curl_easy_getinfo_data_in()
) SELECT convert_from(curl_easy_getinfo_data_in, 'utf-8') FROM s;
$BODY$;
http urlencoded form post
CREATE OR REPLACEFUNCTIONpost(url TEXT, request JSON) RETURNS TEXT LANGUAGE SQL AS $BODY$
WITH s AS (SELECT
curl_easy_reset(),
( WITH s AS (
SELECT (json_each_text(request)).*
) SELECT array_agg(curl_postfield_append(key, value)) FROM s),
curl_easy_setopt_url(url),
curl_easy_perform(),
curl_easy_getinfo_data_in()
) SELECT convert_from(curl_easy_getinfo_data_in, 'utf-8') FROM s;
$BODY$;
http multipart/form-data form post
CREATE OR REPLACEFUNCTIONpost(url TEXT, request JSON) RETURNS TEXT LANGUAGE SQL AS $BODY$
WITH s AS (SELECT
curl_easy_reset(),
( WITH s AS (
SELECT (json_each_text(request)).*
) SELECT array_agg(curl_mime_data(value, name:=key)) FROM s),
curl_easy_setopt_url(url),
curl_easy_perform(),
curl_easy_getinfo_data_in()
) SELECT convert_from(curl_easy_getinfo_data_in, 'utf-8') FROM s;
$BODY$;
http json post
CREATE OR REPLACEFUNCTIONpost(url TEXT, request JSON) RETURNS TEXT LANGUAGE SQL AS $BODY$
WITH s AS (SELECT
curl_easy_reset(),
curl_easy_setopt_postfields(convert_to(request::TEXT, 'utf-8')),
curl_easy_setopt_url(url),
curl_header_append('Content-Type', 'application/json; charset=utf-8'),
curl_easy_perform(),
curl_easy_getinfo_data_in()
) SELECT convert_from(curl_easy_getinfo_data_in, 'utf-8') FROM s;
$BODY$;
email
CREATE OR REPLACEFUNCTIONemail(url TEXT, username TEXT, password TEXT, subject TEXT, sender TEXT, recipient TEXT, body TEXT, type TEXT) RETURNS TEXT LANGUAGE SQL AS $BODY$
WITH s AS (SELECT
curl_easy_reset(),
curl_easy_setopt_mail_from(sender),
curl_easy_setopt_password(password),
curl_easy_setopt_url(url),
curl_easy_setopt_username(username),
curl_header_append('From', sender),
curl_header_append('Subject', subject),
curl_header_append('To', recipient),
curl_mime_data(body, type:=type),
curl_recipient_append(recipient),
curl_easy_perform(),
curl_easy_getinfo_header_in()
) SELECT curl_easy_getinfo_header_in FROM s;
$BODY$;
convert http headers to table
WITH s AS (
SELECT regexp_matches(curl_easy_getinfo_header_in(), E'([^ \t\r\n\f]+): ?([^\t\r\n\f]+)', 'g') AS s
) SELECT s[1] AS key, s[2] AS value FROM s;