Private/ConvertTo-QueryString.ps1
Function ConvertTo-QueryString { <# .SYNOPSIS Converts Hashtable to a string for use as a url query string .DESCRIPTION When given a hashtable as input, converts key value pairs to query string .PARAMETER Parameters Hashtable containing parameter names and values to include in output string .PARAMETER NoEscape Specify to perform no escaping on the returned string. .EXAMPLE $input | ConvertTo-QueryString Joins Key & Value with "=" Joins Multiple Key Value pairs with '&' Formats input as: "Key=Value&Key=Value" #> [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute('PSUseDeclaredVarsMoreThanAssignments', 'FilterList', Justification = "False Positive")] [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute('PSReviewUnusedParameter', 'NoEscape', Justification = "False Positive")] [CmdletBinding()] [OutputType('System.String')] param( [parameter( Mandatory = $false, ValueFromPipeline = $true )] [hashtable]$Parameters, [parameter( Mandatory = $false, ValueFromPipeline = $false )] [switch]$NoEscape ) Begin { } Process { If ($Parameters) { $Parameters.Keys | ForEach-Object { $FilterList = [Collections.Generic.List[Object]]@() } { If ($NoEscape) { #Return Key=Value string, unescaped. $Value = "$PSItem=$($Parameters[$PSItem])" } Else { #Return Key=Value string, escaped. $Value = "$PSItem=$($Parameters[$PSItem] | Get-EscapedString)" } $null = $FilterList.Add($Value) } { If ($FilterList.count -gt 0) { $FilterList -join "&" } } } } End { } } |