Private/Expand-ArmorApiResult.ps1
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function Expand-ArmorApiResult { <# .SYNOPSIS The Expand-ArmorApiResult function is used to remove any parent variables surrounding return data, such as encapsulating results in a "data" key. .DESCRIPTION { required: more detailed description of the function's purpose } .NOTES Troy Lindsay Twitter: @troylindsay42 GitHub: tlindsay42 .PARAMETER Results The unformatted API response content. .PARAMETER Location The key/value pair that contains the name of the key holding the response content's data. .INPUTS System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject .OUTPUTS System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject .LINK https://github.com/tlindsay42/ArmorPowerShell .LINK https://docs.armor.com/display/KBSS/Armor+API+Guide .LINK https://developer.armor.com/ .EXAMPLE {required: show one or more examples using the function} #> [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter( Position = 0, ValueFromPipeline = $true )] [PSCustomObject[]] $Results = @(), [Parameter( Position = 1 )] [ValidateNotNull()] [String] $Location = $null ) begin { $function = $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name Write-Verbose -Message ( 'Beginning {0}.' -f $function ) } # End of begin process { $return = @() foreach ( $result in $Results ) { if ( $Location -and $result.$Location -ne $null ) { # The $Location check assumes that not all endpoints will require finding (and removing) a parent key # if one does exist, this extracts the value so that the $result data is consistent across API versions $return += $result.$Location } } $return } # End of process end { Write-Verbose -Message ( 'Ending {0}.' -f $function ) } # End of end } # End of function |