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A couple other options. &nbsp;If you don't know anything about PowerShell then I don't know how helpful they will be since it only gets you started. &nbsp;Depending on what is returned by the request the next steps vary.<br />
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<pre><code id="code-20-40846987-1">$result = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri &quot;http://localhost:51828/api/Customer/Generate&quot;

# or

$url = &quot;http://localhost:51828/api/Customer/Generate&quot;
$result = Invoke-RestMethod -URI $url -Method GET

# now look at the contents of $result</code></pre>
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A couple other options.  If you don't know anything about PowerShell then I don't know how helpful they will be since it only gets you started.  Depending on what is returned by the request the next steps vary.



$result = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "http://localhost:51828/api/Customer/Generate"

# or

$url = "http://localhost:51828/api/Customer/Generate"
$result = Invoke-RestMethod -URI $url -Method GET

# now look at the contents of $result

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Hey all,<br />
<br />
So I am clueless with Powershell. &nbsp; Not even sure how to run this powershell file after I create it. &nbsp; I simply need to invoke a Web API call somehow from a script and someone told me powershell can do this. &nbsp; Any example on how to do this if I give it the URL such as:<br />
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<a href="http://localhost:51828/api/Customer/Generate" rel="ugc">http://localhost:51828/api/Customer/Generate</a><br />
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Then if someone can tell me how to invoke assuming I have powershell installed on my machine. <br />
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Thanks all.
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Hey all,

So I am clueless with Powershell.   Not even sure how to run this powershell file after I create it.   I simply need to invoke a Web API call somehow from a script and someone told me powershell can do this.   Any example on how to do this if I give it the URL such as:

http://localhost:51828/api/Customer/Generate

Then if someone can tell me how to invoke assuming I have powershell installed on my machine. 

Thanks all.

Anyone know how to invoke a Rest Web API from a powershell script?

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