--- title: pramsey/pgsql-http: HTTP client for PostgreSQL, retrieve... description: An extension for PostgreSQL that allows users to call web services and retrieve web page content from inside the database. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/pramsey-pgsql-http-http-client-for-postgresql-retrieve-a-web-page-from-inside-the-database--yepds2ywt twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: pramsey/pgsql-http: HTTP client for PostgreSQL, retrieve a web page from inside the database. | daily.dev og:description: An extension for PostgreSQL that allows users to call web services and retrieve web page content from inside the database. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/pramsey-pgsql-http-http-client-for-postgresql-retrieve-a-web-page-from-inside-the-database--yepds2ywt og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/YepDs2yWt.png og:image:alt: pramsey/pgsql-http: HTTP client for PostgreSQL, retrieve a web page from inside the database. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # pramsey/pgsql-http: HTTP client for PostgreSQL, retrieve a web page from inside the database. **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 6 min read · 19 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary An extension for PostgreSQL that allows users to call web services and retrieve web page content from inside the database. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@edgararanda** · 0 upvotes > Not saying there is something wrong, It just feels icky to couple this type of logic in the DB; but there could be some nice practical implementations for this. **@tekn0wledg** · 0 upvotes > Some practical uses here ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#database](https://daily.dev/tags/database), [#backend](https://daily.dev/tags/backend), [#postgresql](https://daily.dev/tags/postgresql) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/pramsey-pgsql-http-http-client-for-postgresql-retrieve-a-web-page-from-inside-the-database--yepds2ywt) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"pramsey/pgsql-http: HTTP client for PostgreSQL, retrieve a web page from inside the database.","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/pramsey-pgsql-http-http-client-for-postgresql-retrieve-a-web-page-from-inside-the-database--yepds2ywt","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/pramsey-pgsql-http-http-client-for-postgresql-retrieve-a-web-page-from-inside-the-database--yepds2ywt"},"datePublished":"2024-05-15T13:05:23.446Z","dateModified":"2024-05-15T13:05:23.052Z","description":"An extension for PostgreSQL that allows users to call web services and retrieve web page content from inside the database.","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/344771cc235213df23a2362e214be30a?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/344771cc235213df23a2362e214be30a?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Community Picks","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Community Picks","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1655817725/logos/community","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/community"},"commentCount":2,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/pramsey-pgsql-http-http-client-for-postgresql-retrieve-a-web-page-from-inside-the-database--yepds2ywt","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":19},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}],"keywords":"database,backend,postgresql","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Community Picks","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/community"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"pramsey/pgsql-http: HTTP client for PostgreSQL, retrieve a web page from inside the database."}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/pramsey-pgsql-http-http-client-for-postgresql-retrieve-a-web-page-from-inside-the-database--yepds2ywt","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Not saying there is something wrong, It just feels icky to couple this type of logic in the DB; 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