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PowerShell Commands for the REST API

The following examples show PowerShell commands commonly performed with the REST API.

Retrieve an Access Token​

The following example shows how to retrieve an access token.

$body = @{
  client_id="[Insert Client ID Here]"
  client_secret="[Insert Client Secret Here]"
  grant_type="client_credentials"
} 
$response = Invoke-WebRequest -Method POST -uri http://localhost:8082/api/v1/token -Body $body -ContentType "application/json"
$content = $response.Content | ConvertFrom-Json  
$access_token = $content.access_token;
$refresh_token = $content.refresh_token;

RECOMMENDED: Tokens contain sensitive information and should be stored securely. See the Microsoft ConvertTo-SecureString article for additional information.

Retrieve Data from a Table or View​

The following example shows how to retrieve data from a table or view.

$headers = @{  
Authorization="Bearer $access_token"
}
$response = Invoke-WebRequest -Method GET -uri http://localhost:8082/api/v1/data/SA_ADInventory_ComputersView/rows -Headers $headers
$content = $response.Content | ConvertFrom-Json