I use this little thing to test webservices (by invoking SOAP/GET request etc) whenever I want to parse the output to, say, Windows Event Logs, or the nearest SoapUI installation is far far away.
The $request.SetRequestHeader parameters may vary from situation to situation, but in most cases this code should be sufficient for simple Webservices.
The only thing you need is the Webservice URL, and a set of XML parameters, depending on which test you want to do.
Originally written as a function for a bigger script, but the code should be easy to modify for other stuff.
#-- Global Parameters
$global:WebServiceURL = " -- URL to webservice here -- "
$global:XMLParameters = @"
-- Paste you XML request here --
"@
#-- The Actual Function
function CallWebservice {
echo "Sending webrequest to $WebServiceURL"
$request = New-Object -ComObject Msxml2.XMLHTTP
$request.open('POST', $WebServiceURL, $false)
$request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "text/xml; charset=utf-8")
$request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", $XMLParameters.length)
$request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close")
$request.send($XMLParameters)
$request.statusText
$request.status
$request.responseText
}
CallWebservice
– F