powershell http post REST API basic authentication

Question

I have basic authentatication working with REST API using curl:

curl -X POST  -H \'Accept: application/json\' -u user:password http://localhost/test/
         


        

Answer 1

I know this is an old thread, but for those who might stumble across this the invoke-restmethod is a much better, and simpler, vehicle for making API calls with PowerShell.

Build a parameter list as a hash table:

$params = @{uri = 'https:/api.trello.com/1/TheRestOfYourURIpath';
                   Method = 'Get'; #(or POST, or whatever)
                   Headers = @{Authorization = 'Basic ' + [Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes("$($acctname):$($password)"));
           } #end headers hash table
   } #end $params hash table

$var = invoke-restmethod @params

Your parameter hash table may differ slightly.

I actually haven't gotten this to work with Trello, but I have with GitHub, Serena Business Manager and Jira.