EDDA / IA Automic Integration in Powershell

edda_createkey.ps1

 # Backend API key required to create new application keys (C:\Automic\External.Resources\apache-tomcat-7.0.81\webapps\awi\config\webui-plugin-analytics\plugin.properties).
$backend_api_key  = '02c13da1-1cf3-4424-8b13-4468fdae9c88'

# REST URL
$backend_rest_url = 'http://localhost:8090'

# Application-key metadata
$backend_key_body = @{
  'scope'       = 'EVENTS'
  'description' = 'key for IA experiments.'
  'client'      = 1000
}

# Where to store the created app key
$backend_keystore = ($env:USERPROFILE + '\aeApp.key')

if (Get-ChildItem $backend_keystore -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
  throw('Key file ' + $backend_keystore + ' does already exist.')
}

# Create Application-Key (one-time)
try {
  $myKey = Invoke-RestMethod -Headers @{'Authorization' = $backend_api_key} `
                             -Uri ($backend_rest_url + '/analytics/api/v1/apikeys') `
                             -Body (ConvertTo-Json $backend_key_body) `
                             -Method Post `
                             -ContentType 'Application/JSON'
}
catch {
  Write-Error ('Could not get application key. Please check your configuration: ' + $_)
}

Write-Host ('New application key: ' + $myKey.key + ' will be stored in ' + $backend_keystore)
$myKey > $backend_keystore

edda_sendevent.ps1

# Where get the app key from (created with edda_createkey.ps1)
$backend_keystore = ($env:USERPROFILE + '\aeApp.key')

# REST URL  
$backend_rest_url = 'http://localhost:8090'

# Define event
$event_body = @{
  # Type must be equal to event definition vara name 
  'type'      = 'SIMPLE_EVENT#VA'
  # Based on what Brendan wrote, this is required but not used. So just leave it as it is and you should be fine. 
  'timestamp' = [datetime]::now.ToString('yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ')
  # Stuff that the event can process.
  'values'    = @{
    'text'              = 'Some String.'
    'random_number'     = 12
    'crap'              = 'Might not be of interest.'
  }
}

# Get the App key from the keystore or die tryin'.
$backend_app_key  = (Get-Content $backend_keystore -ErrorAction Stop)

# Send event to the IA system
try {
  $myevent = Invoke-RestMethod -Headers @{'Authorization' = $backend_app_key} `
                         -Uri ($backend_rest_url + '/analytics/api/v1/events') `
                         -Body (ConvertTo-Json $event_body -Depth 2) `
                         -Method Post `
                         -ContentType 'Application/JSON'
}
catch {
  write-error ('Sending event to AE failed: ' + $_)
}

# Yet this is fire & forget. We do not know if any AE-event was active that processed out REST call.
write-host '* Event sent to the AE.'