How to Post Request in PowerShell

There are different unique commands that can be used with PowerShell different scripts and functions in automation processes.

However, users often require support in identifying how to use PowerShell commands as its commands are unique in some cases when compared to other scripting and automation languages.

This article will briefly discuss how to POST requests in PowerShell.

Use the POST Method and Pass the Parameters in PowerShell

There are different methods to use POST with the PowerShell to identify and post parametrized data to a URI.

Use a Hash Table to Pass the Data in PowerShell

You can use a hash table to include all the parameters you need to pass. This can be done as a separate line of a hash table or within the Invoke-WebRequest line.

Then you have to pass the values along with the URI to invoke the POST method and pass the parameters.

Command:

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri http://wwww.addyourwebsite.com -Method POST -Body @{username = 'xyz'; moredata = 'abc' }

The hash table with parameters you want to pass is within the curly brackets.

Output:

Use Invoke-WebRequest With JSON

There are methods with additional requirements other than using the hash table to send parameters to a URI with PowerShell. This next method would be to use Invoke-WebRequest with the JSON type as some websites would require the data to be passed as JSON.

Command:

Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing http://wwww.addyourwebsite.com -ContentType "application/json" -Method POST -Body "{ 'Code':8789798, 'ID':'rter'}"

This would work with URI, which also requires JSON parse.

Output:

Therefore, in these simple methods, it is possible to achieve the required outputs by passing parameters to URI as needed by users.