How can I use powershell's read-host function to accept a password for an external service?

Question

I have a script I\'m writing that makes a connection to a SOAP service. After the connection is made, I need to pass in a the username/pass with every command I send. The pr

Answer 1

$Password is a Securestring, and this will return the plain text password.

[Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::PtrToStringAuto([Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::SecureStringToBSTR($Password))