Powershell script for REST API over HTTPS

powershell_api.ps1

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# Fix registry entries for SSL related dlls,
#  otherwise SSL might not work on your
#  Windows machine
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regsvr32 Softpub.dll /s
regsvr32 Initpki.dll /s
regsvr32 Wintrust.dll /s
regsvr32 Mssip32.dll /s

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# Configure the variables below for the Cluster
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$RESTAPIServer = "your.ip.goes.here"
# Prompting for credentials
$Credentials = Get-Credential -Credential $null
$RESTAPIUser = $Credentials.UserName
$Credentials.Password | ConvertFrom-SecureString
$RESTAPIPassword = $Credentials.GetNetworkCredential().password
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# Nothing to configure below this line - Starting the main function of the script
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# Adding certificate exception to prevent API errors
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add-type @"
    using System.Net;
    using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
    public class TrustAllCertsPolicy : ICertificatePolicy {
        public bool CheckValidationResult(
            ServicePoint srvPoint, X509Certificate certificate,
            WebRequest request, int certificateProblem) {
            return true;
        }
    }
"@
[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::CertificatePolicy = New-Object TrustAllCertsPolicy
#dsaves below
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#ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = SecurityProtocolType.Tls11 | SecurityProtocolType.Tls12;
$AllProtocols = [System.Net.SecurityProtocolType]'Ssl3,Tls,Tls11,Tls12'
[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = $AllProtocols
[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::CertificatePolicy = New-Object TrustAllCertsPolicy
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# Building  API string & invoking REST API
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$BaseURL = "https://" + $RESTAPIServer + "/api/v1/"
$SessionURL = $BaseURL + "session"
$Header = @{"Authorization" = "Basic "+[System.Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($RESTAPIUser+":"+$RESTAPIPassword))}
$Type = "application/json"
# Authenticating with API
Try 
{
$SessionResponse = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $SessionURL -Headers $Header -Method POST -ContentType $Type
}
Catch 
{
$_.Exception.ToString()
$error[0] | Format-List -Force
}
# Extracting the token from the JSON response
$SessionHeader = @{'Authorization' = "Bearer $($SessionResponse.token)"}
###############################################
# Getting list of VMs
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$VMListURL = $BaseURL+"vmware/vm?limit=5000"
Try 
{
$VMListJSON = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $VMListURL -TimeoutSec 100 -Headers $SessionHeader -ContentType $TypeJSON
$VMList = $VMListJSON.data
}
Catch 
{
$_.Exception.ToString()
$Error[0] | Format-List -Force
}
$VMList | Format-Table -AutoSize
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# Get some other REST API info
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$RestURL = "https://" + $RESTAPIServer +"/api/internal/cluster/me/name"
Try 
{
$RestJSON = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $RestURL -TimeoutSec 100 -Headers $SessionHeader -ContentType $TypeJSON
$data = $RestJSON.data
}
Catch 
{
$_.Exception.ToString()
$Error[0] | Format-List -Force
}
#$data | Format-Table -AutoSize
$data
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# End of script
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