PL/SQL REST API Call to receive JSON Payload

 declare

  req utl_http.req;

  res utl_http.resp;

  lv_url varchar2(4000) := 'http://<host>:<port>/<something>/';

  buffer varchar2(32767);

  lj_json_obj  json_object_t;

BEGIN

dbms_output.put_line(lv_url);

req := utl_http.begin_request(lv_url,'POST','HTTP/1.1');

                 utl_http.set_header(req,'Content-type','application/json');

                 utl_http.set_header(req, 'Accept', 'application/json');

                 res := utl_http.get_response(req);

  -- process the response from the HTTP call

  begin

      utl_http.read_text(res, buffer,1000000);

      lj_json_obj := json_object_t(buffer);

      utl_http.end_response(res);

  exception

    when utl_http.end_of_body then

      utl_http.end_response(res);

     end ;

end if;

end;

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