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Using PowerShell to Authenticate Against OAuth

From development to deployment, PowerShell is becoming the ‘go to’ automation technology on Microsoft Azure. So, I decided to use PowerShell to perform automated tests against a Web API (a.k.a REST service). These tests are built to run during the execution of a Continuous Release cycle and confirm that the API is responding as expected.

In Microsoft Azure Access Token, API Management, Authentication, C#, ConvertFrom-Json, DTO, GET, HTTP, Invoke-RestMethod, Invoke-WebRequest, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, OAuth 2.0, PowerShell, REST

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Characteristics of Good REST Services

September 23, 2012 — 4 Comments

REST (Representational state transfer) Services play an important role in today’s interconnected systems. By exploiting HTTP, a well-known protocol, they enable applications of all types to easily exploit these service.