PowerShell and the REST API for the IT pro

Doctor Scripto February 21, 2018 Feb 21, 2018 02/21/18

Summary: This post provides a quick introduction to what the REST API is, and how it applies to Windows PowerShell. Q: Hey, Scripting Guy! I can see there is this cool cmdlet called Invoke-RestMethod. I've been told REST API's are all around, and this allows me to consume that data. Could you give me a hand getting started? —SH A: Hello SH...

Script Wars: The Farce Awakens (part V)

Doctor Scripto December 22, 2017 Dec 22, 2017 12/22/17

Summary: Rey is skilled in PowerShell, and new to Contoso Holly Jolly Hat Company. Already she has been a great boon to her new co-workers and had her sneakers become the subject of a hungry trash robot. She was just about to walk out to the hall with Ben Kerberosie, when suddenly an dominant figure has blocked them, with the following words ...

Script Wars: The Farce Awakens (part IV)

Doctor Scripto December 21, 2017 Dec 21, 2017 12/21/17

Summary: A quick recap shall we? Newly graduated from IT training and future guru in the world of Windows PowerShell, Rey Skyworker has been hired on by her mentor, Ben Kerberosie. Already, she has helped peers from her team improve their PowerShell code to do some basic error trapping and cleanup of the data upon entry. Not bad for somebody ...

Script Wars: The Farce Awakens (part III)

Doctor Scripto December 20, 2017 Dec 20, 2017 12/20/17

Summary: When last we saw our hero, Rey Skyworker, she was aiding her new co-worker, Tin. They managed to implement better error trapping by using the "Try Catch" statement in Windows PowerShell. The fact they could do this so easily it has tickled Tin's curiosity. ---------------------------- "Now Rey, I'm looking at this and as I see it, I...