WEBSERVICE Function in Excel 2010

PowerUp Description

The WEBSERVICE PowerUp function calls a Web Service using the provided URL. Parameters may be passed using either the GET or POST methods.

Note: In Excel 2013 and later the PowerUp version of this function is pwrWEBSERVICE.

PowerUp Syntax

WEBSERVICE(<url|file>, postdata)

The WEBSERVICE PowerUp function has the following arguments:

url|file – Required. This is one of the following:

  • The complete URL to call the Web Service. If this is a GET call, include the full URL including all of the needed parameters on the URL in the querystring.
  • A fully qualified file path. This can also follow the “file://” protocol syntax as well.

postdata – Optional. If you will call the web service using the POST method provide the web service parameters in the postdata function argument. Format the postdata in the same manner as in a GET. In other words, format the POST data as you would a querystring in a GET call. WEBSERVICE will submit the data as a POST.

Return Value

WEBSERVICE will return the result of the Web Service call.

Remarks

The URL value provided must be a fully-formed URL. The querystring of the URL and the postdata must also be fully-encoded URL strings.

Examples for Excel 2010 and Excel 2007

=WEBSERVICE("http://webserviceservername/serviceurl?arg1=val1&arg2=val2")

This will submit a GET request to the webservicename/serviceurl web service.

=WEBSERVICE("http://webserviceservername/serviceurl", "arg1=val1&arg2=val2")

This will submit a POST request to the webservicename/serviceurl web service with the arguments and values provided in the postdata argument.

Examples for Excel 2013 and Later

=pwrWEBSERVICE("http://webserviceservername/serviceurl?arg1=val1&arg2=val2")

This will submit a GET request to the webservicename/serviceurl web service.

=pwrWEBSERVICE("http://webserviceservername/serviceurl", "arg1=val1&arg2=val2")

This will submit a POST request to the webservicename/serviceurl web service with the arguments and values provided in the postdata argument.

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