%include .sas file from github url

I am trying to run a SAS file (which includes a %macro) directly from a github url. I found this post on blogs.sas.com that seemed to give me the solution. Unfortunately, I could not get it to work.

The .sas file I want to run is stored here on github.

What I gathered and modified from the blogs.sas post so far is:

filename _inbox "%sysfunc(getoption(work))/Macro H2_Piepho.sas";
proc http method="get" url="https://github.com/SchmidtPaul/HeritabilityScripts/blob/master/SAS/MACRO%20H2_Piepho.sas" 
out=_inbox;
run;
%Include _inbox;
filename _inbox clear;

But it gives me all kinds of errors:

8418  %Include _inbox;
8425 +<!DOCTYPE html>
      -
      180
WARNING: Apparent symbolic reference AMP not resolved.
WARNING: Apparent symbolic reference AMP not resolved.
WARNING: Apparent symbolic reference LT not resolved.
WARNING: Apparent symbolic reference GT not resolved.
WARNING: Apparent symbolic reference LT not resolved.
WARNING: Apparent symbolic reference GT not resolved.
WARNING: Apparent symbolic reference AMP not resolved.
WARNING: The quoted string currently being processed has become more than 262 characters long.
          You might have unbalanced quotation marks.
WARNING: The quoted string currently being processed has become more than 262 characters long.
          You might have unbalanced quotation marks.
ERROR: The token currently being processed is in an incomplete state. You might have an
       unbalanced single quoted string or a token exceeding the maximum length of 65535
       characters.
9661 +        <li><a
9661!+href="/SchmidtPaul/HeritabilityScripts/blame/7a18272000de0cfede86ae70a012ef581e95be3d/SAS
9661!+/MACRO%20H2_Piepho.sas" class="dropdown-item js-update-url-with-hash"
                                                                          ------
                                                                          49
9661!+id="js-view-git-blame">View git blame</a></li>
ERROR 180-322: Statement is not valid or it is used out of proper order.

NOTE 49-169: The meaning of an identifier after a quoted string might change in a future SAS
             release.  Inserting white space between a quoted string and the succeeding
             identifier is recommended.

9662 +          <li><a href="/SchmidtPaul/HeritabilityScripts/issues/new" class="dropdown-item"

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49
9662!+ id="js-new-issue">Open new issue</a></li>
9671 +  <button type="button" data-facebox="#jump-to-line" data-facebox-class="linejump"
                                                         ----------------------
---------------
----------------------------------
                                                         49                            49
49
9671!+data-hotkey="l" class="d-none">Jump to Line</button>
WARNING: Apparent symbolic reference HELLIP not resolved.
WARNING: Apparent symbolic reference COPY not resolved.

NOTE 49-169: The meaning of an identifier after a quoted string might change in a future SAS
             release.  Inserting white space between a quoted string and the succeeding
             identifier is recommended.

Thanks in advance for helping!

Solution

You can do this without the proc http by using the url access method of the filename statement, eg as follows:

filename bizarro url 
  "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/allanbowe/BizarroBall/master/bizarroball.sas";
%inc bizarro;