functions/Invoke-DracoonAPI.ps1
function Invoke-DracoonAPI { <# .SYNOPSIS Generic API Call to the Dracoon API. .DESCRIPTION Generic API Call to the Dracoon API. This function is a wrapper for the usage of Invoke-WebRequest. It handles some annoying repetitive tasks which occur in most use cases. This includes (list may be uncompleted) - Connecting to a server with authentication - Parsing API parameter - Handling $null parameter - Paging for API endpoints which do only provide limited amounts of datasets .PARAMETER Connection Object of Class , stores the authentication Token and the API Base-URL. Can be obtained with Connect-Dracoon. .PARAMETER Path API Path to the REST function, starting *after* /api. Example: "/v4/users" .PARAMETER Body Parameter for the API call; The hashtable is Converted to the POST body by using ConvertTo-Json .PARAMETER URLParameter Parameter for the API call; Converted to the GET URL parameter set. Example: { id=4 name=Jon Doe } will result in "?id=4&name=Jon%20Doe" being added to the URL Path .PARAMETER Method HTTP Method, Get/Post/Delete/Put/... .PARAMETER ContentType HTTP-ContentType, defaults to "application/json;charset=UTF-8" See Publish-DracoonFile for usage. .PARAMETER InFile File which should be transferred during the Request. See Publish-DracoonFile for usage. .PARAMETER EnablePaging If the API makes use of paging (therefor of limit/offset URLParameter) setting EnablePaging to $true will not return the raw data but a combination of all data sets. .PARAMETER EnableException If set to true, inner exceptions will be rethrown. Otherwise the an empty result will be returned. .EXAMPLE $result = Invoke-DracoonAPI -connection $this -path "/v4/auth/login" -method POST -body @{login = $credentials.UserName; password = $credentials.GetNetworkCredential().Password; language = "1"; authType = "sql" } -hideparameters $true Login to the service .NOTES General notes #> param ( [parameter(Mandatory)] $Connection, [parameter(Mandatory)] [string]$Path, [Hashtable] $Body, [Hashtable] $URLParameter, [parameter(Mandatory)] [Microsoft.Powershell.Commands.WebRequestMethod]$Method, [string]$ContentType = "application/json;charset=UTF-8", [string]$InFile, [bool]$EnableException=$true, [switch]$EnablePaging ) return Invoke-ARAHRequest @PSBoundParameters -PagingHandler 'Dracoon.PagingHandler' } |