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To call an API and extract data
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To call an API and extract data

EasySQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

To call an API and extract data.

Assume the API response data has already been staged in the api_records table. Write a SQL query to return only successfully extracted records that contain a value.

Output

  1. One row per qualifying API record
  2. Columns: record_id, endpoint, record_key, record_value, extracted_at
  3. Order by extracted_at ascending, then record_id ascending

Schema

api_records
ColumnTypeDescription
record_idPKINTUnique identifier for the staged API record
endpointVARCHAR(255)API endpoint that produced the record
response_statusVARCHAR(20)Processing status of the API response
record_keyVARCHAR(100)Key identifying the extracted field
record_valueTEXTValue extracted from the API response
extracted_atTIMESTAMPTimestamp when the API record was staged
Tablesapi_records
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