How to browse through box.com folders to select a file and download the selected file - vba

I need a excel macro (vba) to select a file from box.com by iterating though existing folders and at the same time I need to upload the file from my machine to box.com folder using excel macro. I am searching for a long time on net. But no use. Please help or try to give some ideas how to achieve this.
Thanks in advance.
-Edit
I am using the below code for getting authentication token. But I am getting an error message at the place of .send(url). Error message is "The server name or address could not be resolved".
Function getAuthToken()
Dim WinHttpReq As WinHttp.WinHttpRequest
Dim api_key As String
api_key = "{api_key}"
Set WinHttpReq = New WinHttp.WinHttpRequest
strUrl = "https://www.box.net/api/1.0/rest?action=get_ticket&api_key=" & api_key
WinHttpReq.Open Method:="GET", url:=strUrl, async:=False
WinHttpReq.Send
getTicket = WinHttpReq.responseText
Debug.Print getTicket
End Function

Not being a vba expert, I suspect that you'll get more answers if you tag your question with a vba tag. However, some quick scanning around shows that vba can call REST apis by doing something like this:
Dim MyURL as String
MyURL = "http://api.box.com/2.0/folders/0.xml"
Set objHTTP = CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP")
With objHTTP
.Open "GET", MyURL, False
.setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
.setRequestHeader "Authorization", "BoxAuth api_key=<your api key>&auth_token=<your auth token>
.send (MyURL)
End With
I'll defer to a real VBA expert, but something roughly along these lines should work.

Yeah, this is frustrating. I tried code like Peter's using both WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1 and MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP and with both I just get a zero-length string back. No error message or anything.
I installed cURL and tested the URL. It works fine there. The script below also works fine with a generic JSON web service, like jsonplaceholder.typicode.com.
All this makes me think that Box.com is receiving the message, detecting it is coming from a non-approved source, and returning nothing . . . probably for security reasons.
Option Explicit
Const URL As String = "https://api.box.com/2.0/folders/0 -H ""Authorization: Bearer MyToken"""
'Const URL As String = "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1"
Sub Test()
Dim winHTTP As Object
' Set winHTTP = CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1")
Set winHTTP = CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP")
winHTTP.Open "GET", URL
winHTTP.setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "application/json"
winHTTP.send
Debug.Print winHTTP.ResponseText
If Len(winHTTP.ResponseText) = 0 Then
MsgBox "blank string returned"
Else
Dim objResponse As Object
Set objResponse = JsonConverter.ParseJson(winHTTP.ResponseText) 'Converter from Tim Hall - https://github.com/VBA-tools/VBA-JSON
End If
End Sub

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Web Scraping using VBA and MSXML2.XMLHTTP library

I'm trying to scrap data from a website using MSXML2.XMLHTTP object on VBA environment (Excel) and I cannot figure out how to solve this problem! The website is the following:
http://www.detran.ms.gov.br/consulta-de-debitos/
You guys can use the following test data to fill the form:
Placa: oon5868
Renavam: 1021783231
I want to retrieve data like "chassi", with the data above that would be " 9BD374121F5068077".
I do not have problems parsing the html document, the difficult is actually getting the information as response! Code below:
Sub SearchVehicle()
Dim strPlaca As String
Dim strRenavam As String
strPlaca = "oon5868"
strRenavam = "01021783231"
Dim oXmlPage As MSXML2.XMLHTTP60
Dim strUrl As String
Dim strPostData As String
Set oXmlPage = New MSXML2.XMLHTTP60
strUrl = "http://www2.detran.ms.gov.br/detranet/nsite/veiculo/veiculos/retornooooveiculos.asp"
strPostData = "placa=" & strPlaca & "&renavam=" & strRenavam
oXmlPage.Open "POST", strUrl, False
oXmlPage.setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
oXmlPage.send strPostData
Debug.Print oXmlPage.responseText
End Sub
The strURL used in the POST method ".../retornooooveiculos.asp" is the one google developer tools and fiddler showed me that was the correct address the website was posting the payload.
When manually accessed, the website retrieve the correct information, but running my code I always get the following response on the .responseText:
<html>Acesse: <b><a href='http://www.detran.ms.gov.br target='_parent'>www.detran.ms.gov.br</a></b></html>
HELP PLEASE, I'm getting crazy trying to solve this puzzle! Why do I get redirected like this?
I need the "CHASSI" information and can't find the correct http Request to do this!
Try the below approach. It should fetch you the content you are after. The thing is you need to supply the Cookie copied from your Request Headers fields in order for your script to work which you can find using devtools.
Sub SearchVehicle()
Const URL As String = "http://www2.detran.ms.gov.br/detranet/nsite/veiculo/veiculos/retornooooveiculos.asp"
Dim HTTP As New ServerXMLHTTP60, HTML As New HTMLDocument
Dim elem As Object, splaca$, srenavam$, qsp$
splaca = "oon5868"
srenavam = "01021783231"
qsp = "placa=" & splaca & "&renavam=" & srenavam
With HTTP
.Open "POST", URL, False
.setRequestHeader "User-Agent", "Mozilla/5.0"
.setRequestHeader "Cookie", "ISAWPLB{07D08995-E67C-4F44-91A1-F6A16337ECD6}={286E0BB1-C5F9-4439-A2CE-A7BE8C3955E0}; ASPSESSIONIDSCSDSCTB=AGDPOBEAAPJLLMKKIGPLBGMJ; 69137927=967930978"
.setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
.send qsp
HTML.body.innerHTML = .responseText
End With
For Each elem In HTML.getElementsByTagName("b")
If InStr(elem.innerText, "Chassi:") > 0 Then MsgBox elem.ParentNode.NextSibling.innerText: Exit For
Next elem
End Sub
Once again: fill in the Cookie field by collecting it using your devtools (from Request Headers section), if for some reason my provided Cookie doesn't work for you. Thanks.
Output I'm getting:
9BD374121F5068077

POST not working, while GET works fine (xmlhttp)

I'm writing an Excel macro to communicate with my API, and it seems I cannot send an request via POST, only GET is working.
My code:
Private Sub button1_Click()
Dim xmlhttp As New MSXML2.xmlhttp, myurl As String
myurl = "https://{my_url}"
xmlhttp.Open "POST", myurl, False
xmlhttp.setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "application/xml"
xmlhttp.send
MsgBox (xmlhttp.responseText)
End Sub
Macro run returns:
No resource method found for POST, return 405 with Allow header
When I modify the code, changing POST to GET:
xmlhttp.Open "GET", myurl, False
It works fine, I get the response. How can I force excel to cooperate with POST method? Since my API for more advanced communication requires POST?
Upon further investigation there was nothing wrong with my VBA code. The response I got, was sent from my API. Thank you for comments, they helped me to resolve the issue by including XML body into xmlhttp.send command.

cURL via VBA (Maxmind)

I'm trying to run the following cURL request (as provided by Maxmind) within VBA:
curl -u "{user_id}:{license_key}" \
"https://geoip.maxmind.com/geoip/v2.1/city/me?pretty"
Taking from other examples I've tried the following:
Sub maxmind_query()
Dim TargetURL As String
Dim HTTPReq As Object
TargetURL = "https://geoip.maxmind.com/geoip/v2.1/city/me"
Set HTTPReq = CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1")
HTTPReq.Option(4) = 13056 '
HTTPReq.Open "PUT", TargetURL, False
HTTPReq.SetCredentials "XXXXX", "YYYYYYYY", 0
HTTPReq.setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
HTTPReq.send ("test[status]=" & Forms!curl!Text0.Value & "&test2[status]=" & Text2.Value)
MsgBox (HTTPReq.responseText)
End Sub
'''XXXX is my user id, YYYY my license key, removed for obvious reasons!
This errors at HTTPReq.send (runtime error 424 object required) which has me stumped.
I have no knowledge of cURL so despite a few days of research and blind attempts, I'm struggling to get anywhere with the above code.
I'm only experienced with VBA, and what I know is self taught, so be gentle....
If anyone is able to share their knowledge I'd be much obliged.
Further info provided by Maxmind:
http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoip2/web-services/#Per-Service_URIs
http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoip2/web-services/#Command_Line_curl_Example
Many thanks!
PS. If I put the URL in a browser, input username and password into message box, the browser returns the required information, so I know the service and my credentials work. I guess my code isn't even getting that far though.
Got it working, here's my approach:
Sub Maxmind()
Dim MyRequest As Object
Set MyRequest = CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1")
MyRequest.Open "GET", _
"https://geoip.maxmind.com/geoip/v2.1/city/me"
MyRequest.SetCredentials "user", "password", 0
' Send Request.
MyRequest.Send
'And we get this response
MsgBox MyRequest.ResponseText
End Sub
This was mainly copied from here here
so thanks to previous contributors.
Hope it helps someone!

Getting "method not valid without suitable object" error when trying to make a HTTP request in VBA?

I tried to follow this example: http://libkod.info/officexml-CHP-9-SECT-5.shtml - Archive.org - Donate
but it gave this error
on this line:
Dim objHTTP As New MSXML2.XMLHTTP
I tried to use this example: How can I send an HTTP POST request to a server from Excel using VBA?
but it gave this error:
on this line:
Print objHTTP.Status
So how do I make a POST REST call in VBA? How do I make a PUT multi-part/form-data file upload REST call in VBA?
Tools > References
Code
Sub SendEmail()
'Dim objHTTP As New MSXML2.XMLHTTP
'Set objhttp = CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1")
Set objHTTP = CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP")
URL = "http://localhost:8888/rest/mail/send"
objHTTP.Open "POST", URL, False
objHTTP.send ("{""key"":null,""from"":""me#me.com"",""to"":null,""cc"":null,""bcc"":null,""date"":null,""subject"":""My Subject"",""body"":null,""attachments"":null}")
Print objHTTP.Status
Print objHTTP.ResponseText
End Sub
Reference
WinHttpRequest object: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa384106(v=vs.85).aspx
You probably haven't added a reference to Microsoft XML (any version) for Dim objHTTP As New MSXML2.XMLHTTP in the VBA window's Tools/References... dialog.
Also, it's a good idea to avoid using late binding (CreateObject...); better to use early binding (Dim objHTTP As New MSXML2.XMLHTTP), as early binding allows you to use Intellisense to list the members and do all sorts of design-time validation.
I had to use Debug.print instead of Print, which works in the Immediate window.
Sub SendEmail()
'Dim objHTTP As New MSXML2.XMLHTTP
'Set objHTTP = New MSXML2.XMLHTTP60
'Dim objHTTP As New MSXML2.XMLHTTP60
Dim objHTTP As New WinHttp.WinHttpRequest
'Set objHTTP = CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1")
'Set objHTTP = CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP")
URL = "http://localhost:8888/rest/mail/send"
objHTTP.Open "POST", URL, False
objHTTP.setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "application/json"
objHTTP.send ("{""key"":null,""from"":""me#me.com"",""to"":null,""cc"":null,""bcc"":null,""date"":null,""subject"":""My Subject"",""body"":null,""attachments"":null}")
Debug.Print objHTTP.Status
Debug.Print objHTTP.ResponseText
End Sub
Check out this one:
https://github.com/VBA-tools/VBA-Web
It's a high level library for dealing with REST. It's OOP, works with JSON, but also works with any other format.
For reading REST data, at least OData Consider Microsoft Power Query. You won't be able to write data. However, you can read data very well.

REST Interacting with BigCommerce from VB EXCEL

NOTE: Further research (and thick skin, and lots of coffee) has lead me here where it suggests that the store cannot receive the uid and pwd in the URL, and I gather from the PHP examples here that the transmission needs to be encrypted. Is this my problem? If so I have not been able to find anything on how to work around this.
I would be happy if the open() command prompted the UID & PWD window to open and I can manually input the values. Does anyone have a suggestion. Thanks!
I am learning how to use the BigCommerce APIs and I am programming in VB / XL to be able to directly post / retrieve from all fields in the store's DB.
I have never coded on this before (although I get around VB OK) and I am stuck. I have the following code:
Const URL As String = "https://www.myurl.com/api/v2/brands.json"
Public Sub Test()
Dim xmlHttp As Object
Set xmlHttp = CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP.6.0")
xmlHttp.Open "GET", URL, False, "myid", "mytoken"
xmlHttp.setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "application/json"
xmlHttp.send
Dim html As MSHTML.HTMLDocument
Set html = New MSHTML.HTMLDocument
html.body.innerHTML = xmlHttp.ResponseText
Range("A1").Value = html.body.innerHTML
End Sub
What I get back is "401" or more precisely:
[{"status":401,"message":"No credentials were supplied in the request."}]
The credentials are valid and working, as if I place the URL in my browser and submit it, the pop up for UID & PWD comes up, and once I place the values I am using in the code, the resulting BRANDS list appears in the browser.
Additionally, if I add a "rand num" to the URL to ensure the returned data is not cached as suggested here, then the request looks like this:
xmlHttp.Open "GET", URL & "&t=" & WorksheetFunction.RandBetween(1, 99), False, `"myid", "mytoken"`
and the response back from BC changes to:
406</STATUS><MESSAGE>The requested content type is not available.</MESSAGE></ERROR></ERRORS>
I have also tried this (where UID and PWD are the correct values):
xmlHttp.Open "GET", URL & "&user=UID" & "&password=PWD", False
and i get:
406</STATUS><MESSAGE>The requested content type is not available.</MESSAGE></ERROR></ERRORS>
Can anyone help me understand pls. I have followed examples at MSDN, but I am still stuck. The BC API site is poor in examples (none actually!) for VB.
Thank you
Sorted! BC required this:
Set xmlHttp = CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP.6.0")
xmlHttp.Open "GET", URL_Cat, UID, PWD
xmlHttp.setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "application/json"
xmlHttp.setRequestHeader "Authorization", "Basic " & Base64Encode(UID & ":" & PWD)
xmlHttp.send
I got Base64Encode code from here. Hope this helps someone.