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Kelemvor
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2 years ago

Powershell: Expanding a variable inside single quotes to make an API call

Hi, I’m trying to use Powershell to make an API call and pass in the SDT start/end time as a variable.  However, because the call has to be within single quotes, I can’t get it to expand the variabl...
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    Dave_Lee
    2 years ago

    It might be easier to build up the body of your API call in a variable and then pass it in.  So something like this:

    $body = '{"sdtType":1,"type":"DeviceSDT","deviceId":13771,"startDateTime":’ + $now + ‘,"endDateTime":’ + $later + ‘}'

    Then use the $body variable in your API call.

    Dave

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Dave_Lee
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2 years ago

It might be easier to build up the body of your API call in a variable and then pass it in.  So something like this:

$body = '{"sdtType":1,"type":"DeviceSDT","deviceId":13771,"startDateTime":’ + $now + ‘,"endDateTime":’ + $later + ‘}'

Then use the $body variable in your API call.

Dave