Mastering Windows PowerShell Scripting - Third Edition

Using a token

We can call methods that require authentication by adding a token to the HTTP header.

The format of the authorization header field is shown here:

Authorization: token OAUTH-TOKEN

OAUTH-TOKEN is replaced and the authorization head is constructed as shown here:

$headers = @{     Authorization = 'token {0}' -f $token}

The token can be used in subsequent requests for the extent of its lifetime:

$headers = @{     Authorization = 'token {0}' -f $token}Invoke-RestMethod 'https://api.github.com/user/emails' -Headers $headers