private/New-rVIsession.ps1
|
function New-rVIsession { <# .DESCRIPTION Perform Rest API call to retrieve new Session token. .PARAMETER vCenter A valid vCenter IP/Name is required .PARAMETER Headers Valid Headers need to passed in. .EXAMPLE $global:session = New-rVisession -headers $headers -vCenter $vCenter .NOTES No Notes. #> [CmdletBinding()] param( [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [system.object]$headers, [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [string]$vCenter ) try { # Perform Rest call to create session. $ReturnData = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://$vCenter/rest/com/vmware/cis/session -Method Post -Headers $headers -UseBasicParsing $token = (ConvertFrom-Json $ReturnData.Content).value $global:session = @{'vmware-api-session-id' = $token} return $global:session } Catch { $ErrorMessage = $_.Exception.Message $FailedItem = $_.Exception.ItemName Write-Error "Error: $ErrorMessage $FailedItem" BREAK } } |