Example Query AzureDevOps API Using a Personal Access Token

Get-AzureDevOpsItems

$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"

if($env:AdoOrganisation -eq $null)
{
    Write-Error 'Please set $env:AdoOrganisation'
}
if($env:AdoProject -eq $null)
{
    Write-Error 'Please set $env:AdoProject'
}
if ($secureApiKey -eq $null) {
    Write-Error 'Please set personal access token, e.g. $secureApiKey = Get-Credential -Username "(personal access token)"'
}

$AzureDevOpsAuthenicationHeader = @{Authorization = 'Basic ' + [Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes(":$(ConvertFrom-SecureString ($secureApiKey.Password) -AsPlaintext)")) }

$jsonRequest = [ordered]@{
    searchText = "** MY SEARCH STRING**"
    '$skip' = 0
    '$top' = 10

    # See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/azure/devops/search/work%20item%20search%20results/fetch%20work%20item%20search%20results?view=azure-devops-rest-6.0#examples
    # filters= @{
    #     'System.TeamProject' = @(
    #         "$($env:AdoProject)"
    #     )
    # }
    includeFacets = "true"
}

$requestBody = $jsonRequest | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 10


$searchResponse = Invoke-WebRequest -Method POST -ContentType "application/json" -Uri "https://almsearch.dev.azure.com/$($env:AdoOrganisation)/$($env:AdoProject)/_apis/search/workitemsearchresults?api-version=6.0-preview.1" -Headers $AzureDevOpsAuthenicationHeader -Body $requestBody


$searchresults = ConvertFrom-Json $searchResponse.Content

$formattedSearchResults = ConvertTo-Json $searchresults

Write-Output $formattedSearchResults