PowerShell: RestAPI

WebRequest

Create Function to get the response code:

function Get-UrlStatusCode([string] $Url)
{ try
    { (Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $Url -UseBasicParsing -DisableKeepAlive).StatusCode }
  catch [Net.WebException]
    { [int]$_.Exception.Response.StatusCode }
}

$r = Get-UrlStatusCode "http://localhost:8000/health"
if ($r -eq 200) {
    echo "The application can run normally."
} else {
    echo "Failed to request to health check endpoint."
}

RestMethod

$Body = @{
    Cook = "Barbara"
    Meal = "Pizza"
}

$Header = @{
    "authorization" = "Bearer $token"
}

$Parameters = @{
    Method      = "POST"
    Uri         =  "https://4besday4.azurewebsites.net/api/AddMeal"
    Body        = ($Body | ConvertTo-Json)
    ContentType = "application/json"
    Headers     = $Header
}
Invoke-RestMethod @Parameters

Note

$User = "GitHubUserName"
$Token = "tokenhere"
$base64AuthInfo = [Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes("$($User):$($Token)"))
$Header = @{
    Authorization = "Basic $base64AuthInfo"
}