eAPI from Powershell

eAPI-simple.ps1

$username = "admin"
$password = "admin"
$switchIp = "172.22.28.157"

#URL
$eApiUrl = "https://$switchIp/command-api"

# Command(s) we want to send
$cmds = @('show version')

# Create Object and convert to JSON
$params = @{version= 1;cmds= $cmds; format="json"}

$command = (New-Object PSObject | Add-Member -PassThru NoteProperty jsonrpc '2.0' |
Add-Member -PassThru NoteProperty method 'runCmds' |
Add-Member -PassThru NoteProperty params $params |
Add-Member -PassThru NoteProperty id '1') | ConvertTo-Json
# Should generate: '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "runCmds", "params":' + $params +', "id":1}'

# Create ASCII encoded version of the JSON string
$bytes = [System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes($command)


# Ignore Certificate
[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::ServerCertificateValidationCallback = {$true}

# Create a web request with the proper parameters and write the bytes
$web = [System.Net.WebRequest]::Create($eApiUrl)
$web.Method = "POST"
$web.ContentType = "application/json"
$web.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential -ArgumentList $username, $password
$stream = $web.GetRequestStream()
$stream.Write($bytes, 0, $bytes.Length)
$stream.close()

# Get the response from the switch and convert back to an object
$reader = New-Object System.IO.StreamReader -ArgumentList $web.GetResponse().GetResponseStream()
$response = $reader.ReadToEnd() | ConvertFrom-Json
$reader.Close()

$response.result
Write-Host "Model is: " + $response.result.modelName