Run CURL commands in SSRS report

Question

Is it possible to run CURL commands in an SSRS report? Specifically, for an external image source. I know I can use something like this:
https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/de6ae2f1-9faa-49a2-b09f-a0e5107ab1e2_1.c99ab1ce24d572916f66d6071dfe8ae4.jpeg?odnWidth=612&odnHeight=612&odnBg=ffffff
to show an image, but I need to use HTTP POST. Any idea?

Thanks

Answer 1

You can use a Custom Assembly.

In Reporting Services, you can write custom code for report item values, styles, and formatting. For example, you can use custom code to format currencies based on locale, flag certain values with special formatting, or apply other business rules that are in practice for your company. One way to include this code in your reports is to create a custom code assembly using the Microsoft .NET Framework that you can reference from within your report definition files. The server calls the functions in your custom assemblies when a report is run. Custom assemblies can be used to retrieve specialized functions that you plan to use in your reports.

More Information: Using Custom Assemblies with Reports

Answer 2

Hi @Zolotoy ，

URL access in Reporting Services is specifically designed to enable access to individual reports over a network. This type of access is best for integrating report viewing and navigation into a custom Web application. To use URL access in Web applications, you can:

1. Address a URL to a specific report server from a Web site or portal.
2. Use a form POST method and pass query string parameters to a report server URL using form fields.

When a user requests data from a report server using URL access, the HTTP request uses the GET method. This is equivalent to a form submission where METHOD="GET". URL requests or form submissions that use METHOD="GET" are limited by the maximum number of characters that a server or Web browser can process.

With POST requests (METHOD="POST" and input fields), the name/value pairs are transferred in the header and not the URL. Therefore, the name/value pairs of the query string are not part of the URL, thus enabling you to provide much longer and more complex parameter lists.

Using direct access, a user can see the URL for the report server, and may be able to modify the query string or note the particular URL request and report server parameters for later use.

More information，please refer to :Integrating Reporting Services Using URL Access - Web Application
Best Regards,
Joy

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