Installing HTTP Extension Windows

PostgreSQL extensions, HTTP client, Windows installation

Install http extension on Windows

First check of the extension is available for installation

select * from pg_available_extensionswhere name = 'http';

If this returns 0 rows you have install the http extension.

If this return one rows, you can ddirectly activate the extension with

CREATE EXTENSION http;

And then verify that the extension is listed with \dx

   Name   | Version |   Schema   |                                Description
----------+---------+------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 http     | 1.6     | public     | HTTP client for PostgreSQL, allows web page retrieval inside the database.

Install http extension on Windows

In the following you should be in a powershell terminal as administrator.

First check that your current version of PostgresQL is 16.

select version()

This should output something similar to