Working with REST

A REpresentational State Transfer (REST), it compliant web service allows a client to interact with the service using a set of predefined stateless operations. REST is not a protocol, it is an architectural style.

Whether or not an interface is truly REST-compliant is not particularly relevant when the goal is to use one in PowerShell. Interfaces must be used according to any documentation that has been published.

Invoke-RestMethod

The Invoke-RestMethod command is able to execute methods exposed by web services. The name of a method is part of the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), it is important not to confuse this with the Method parameter. The Method parameter is used to describe the HTTP method. By default...