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February 28, 2018Feb 28, 201802/28/18Summary: Change the keys to authenticate to Azure RM Cognitive Services, by using Windows PowerShell.
Hey, Scripting Guy! I created the keys for my Rest API. I know I can change them in the web portal, but is there a faster way of doing it through Windows PowerShell?
February 28, 2018Feb 28, 201802/28/18Summary: You can use Windows PowerShell to authenticate to the Microsoft Cognitive Services Text-to-Speech component through the Rest API.
Q: Hey, Scripting Guy!
I heard about the cool Microsoft Cognitive Services, and had heard they have a REST API. Does that mean I can use PowerShell to consume them?
February 21, 2018Feb 21, 201802/21/18Summary: “Hey, Scripting Guy!” shows you how to use Invoke-RestMethod to read a list of entries from an RSS feed.
How can I use Windows PowerShell to see the list of articles from an RSS feed?
Just use the Invoke-RestMethod and provide the full path to the link to the RSS feed.
February 21, 2018Feb 21, 201802/21/18Summary: This post provides a quick introduction to what the REST API is, and how it applies to Windows PowerShell.
Q: Hey, Scripting Guy!
I can see there is this cool cmdlet called Invoke-RestMethod. I’ve been told REST API’s are all around,
February 15, 2018Feb 15, 201802/15/18Just like I mentioned in my first post, PowerShell supports a lot of stuff that makes it pretty easy to dive in and get stuff running. The following two examples are supported in PowerShell, but not something you should really be doing for any reusable tool set.
February 1, 2018Feb 1, 201802/1/18Operators are one of the most frustrating things about learning PowerShell if you’re coming from just about any other language in existence. Operators like ==, <=, !=. etc. are almost ubiquitous in programming, but none of them are supported in PowerShell.
