Get Azure VM price from API with PowerShell

Get-AzureVmPrice.ps1

    [CmdletBinding()]

    Param (
        [Parameter(
            ValuefromPipelineByPropertyName = $true,
            ValuefromPipeline = $true,
            Mandatory = $true
        )]
        [System.String]$vmSKU,

        [Parameter(
            ValuefromPipelineByPropertyName = $true
        )]
        [System.String]$region = 'uksouth'
    )

    BEGIN {
        Set-StrictMode -Version Latest
    } # Begin
    PROCESS {
        $serviceName = 'Virtual Machines'
        $priceType = 'Consumption'

        $filter = "serviceName eq '{0}' and armSkuName eq '{1}' and armRegionName eq '{2}' and priceType eq '{3}'" -f $serviceName, $vmSKU, $region.ToLower(), $priceType
        $price = Invoke-RestMethod "https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?`$filter=$filter"
        $normalSkus = $price.Items | Where-Object {$_.meterName -notlike "*Low Priority" -and $_.meterName -notlike "*Spot"}
        if ($normalSkus.count -ne 2) {
            Write-Error 'did not filter down to 2 skus'
            break
        }
        $priceMinMax = $normalSkus.retailPrice | Measure-Object -Maximum -Minimum

        $output = [PSCustomObject]@{
            BillingCurrency = $price.BillingCurrency
            WindowsRetailPrice = $priceMinMax.Maximum
            WVDRetailPrice = $priceMinMax.Minimum
        }

        Write-Output $output

    } #Process
    END {} #End