Public/Invoke-MerakiDeviceLiveToolsPingDevice.ps1
function Invoke-MerakiDeviceLiveToolsPingDevice { <# .SYNOPSIS Creates a ping test for a device using the Meraki Dashboard API. .DESCRIPTION The Invoke-MerakiDeviceLiveToolsPingDevice function allows you to create a ping test for a specified device by providing the authentication token, device serial number, and an optional count of packets to send. .PARAMETER AuthToken The authentication token (API key) required to access the Meraki Dashboard API. .PARAMETER Serial The serial number of the device for which you want to create a ping test. .PARAMETER Count The number of packets to send in the ping test. This parameter is optional. .EXAMPLE Invoke-MerakiDeviceLiveToolsPingDevice -AuthToken "your-api-token" -Serial "Q2HP-XXXX-XXXX" -Count 2 This example creates a ping test for the device with serial number "Q2HP-XXXX-XXXX", sending 2 packets. .NOTES The function requires the "Invoke-RestMethod" cmdlet to be available. The function returns the response from the API if the ping test creation is successful, otherwise, it displays an error message. #> [CmdletBinding()] param ( [parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string]$AuthToken, [parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string]$Serial, [parameter(Mandatory=$false)] [int]$Count ) try { $header = @{ "X-Cisco-Meraki-API-Key" = $AuthToken "content-type" = "application/json; charset=utf-8" } if ($Count) { $body = @{ "count" = $Count } | ConvertTo-Json -Compress } $uri = "https://api.meraki.com/api/v1/devices/$Serial/liveTools/pingDevice" if ($Count) { $response = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Post -Uri $uri -Header $header -UserAgent "MerakiPowerShellModule/1.0.2 DocNougat" -Body $body } else { $response = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Post -Uri $uri -Header $header -UserAgent "MerakiPowerShellModule/1.0.2 DocNougat" } return $response } catch { Write-Error $_ } } |