Public/Invoke-MerakiDeviceGenerateCameraSnapshot.ps1
function Invoke-MerakiDeviceGenerateCameraSnapshot { <# .SYNOPSIS Generates a camera snapshot for a Meraki device. .DESCRIPTION The Invoke-MerakiDeviceGenerateCameraSnapshot function allows you to generate a camera snapshot for a specified Meraki device by providing the authentication token, device serial number, and an optional snapshot configuration string. .PARAMETER AuthToken The authentication token (API key) required to access the Meraki Dashboard API. .PARAMETER Serial The serial number of the Meraki device for which you want to generate a camera snapshot. .PARAMETER SnapshotConfig An optional string containing the snapshot configuration. The string should be in JSON format and should include the properties as defined in the schema. .EXAMPLE $SnapshotConfig = [PSCustomObject]@{ timestamp = "2021-04-30T15:18:08Z" fullframe = $false } $SnapshotConfig = $SnapshotConfig | ConvertTo-Json -Compress Invoke-MerakiDeviceGenerateCameraSnapshot -AuthToken "your-api-token" -Serial "Q2GV-ABCD-1234" -SnapshotConfig $SnapshotConfig This example generates a camera snapshot for the Meraki device with serial number "Q2GV-ABCD-1234". .NOTES The function requires the "Invoke-RestMethod" cmdlet to be available. The function returns the response from the API if the snapshot generation is successful, otherwise, it displays an error message. #> [CmdletBinding()] param ( [parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string]$AuthToken, [parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string]$Serial, [parameter(Mandatory=$false)] [string]$SnapshotConfig ) try { $header = @{ "X-Cisco-Meraki-API-Key" = $AuthToken "content-type" = "application/json; charset=utf-8" } $url = "https://api.meraki.com/api/v1/devices/$Serial/camera/generateSnapshot" $response = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Post -Uri $url -Header $header -UserAgent "MerakiPowerShellModule/1.0.2 DocNougat" -Body $SnapshotConfig return $response } catch { Write-Host $_ Throw $_ } } |