Public/New-ServiceNowQuery.ps1
function New-ServiceNowQuery { <# .SYNOPSIS Build query string for api call .DESCRIPTION Build query string for api call .EXAMPLE New-ServiceNowQuery -MatchExact @{field_name=value} Get query string where field name exactly matches the value .EXAMPLE New-ServiceNowQuery -MatchContains @{field_name=value} Get query string where field name contains the value .INPUTS None .OUTPUTS String #> # This function doesn't change state. Doesn't justify ShouldProcess functionality [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage('PSUseShouldProcessForStateChangingFunctions','')] [CmdletBinding()] [OutputType([System.String])] param( # Machine name of the field to order by [parameter()] [string]$OrderBy='opened_at', # Direction of ordering (Desc/Asc) [parameter()] [ValidateSet("Desc", "Asc")] [string]$OrderDirection='Desc', # Hashtable containing machine field names and values returned must match exactly (will be combined with AND) [parameter()] [hashtable]$MatchExact, # Hashtable containing machine field names and values returned rows must contain (will be combined with AND) [parameter()] [hashtable]$MatchContains ) Try { # Create StringBuilder $Query = New-Object System.Text.StringBuilder # Start the query off with a order direction $Order = Switch ($OrderDirection) { 'Asc' {'ORDERBY'; break} Default {'ORDERBYDESC'} } [void]$Query.Append($Order) # Add OrderBy [void]$Query.Append($OrderBy) # Build the exact matches into the query If ($MatchExact) { ForEach ($Field in $MatchExact.keys) { $ExactString = "^{0}={1}" -f $Field.ToString().ToLower(), ($MatchExact.$Field) [void]$Query.Append($ExactString) } } # Add the values which given fields should contain If ($MatchContains) { ForEach ($Field in $MatchContains.keys) { $ContainsString = "^{0}LIKE{1}" -f $Field.ToString().ToLower(), ($MatchContains.$Field) [void]$Query.Append($ContainsString) } } # Output StringBuilder to string $Query.ToString() } Catch { Write-Error $PSItem } } |