Script used to create and retrieve a plesk license contents

Create-PleskLicense.ps1

<#
.Synopsis

   Plesk Licensing script

.DESCRIPTION
   
   Plesk Licensing script
   This script intend to create a new license key in Plesk via API and 
   retrieve the XML content of created key in a plesk node.
   
   Author: Danilo Silva
#>

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

# Plesk API endpoint
$url = 'https://api.central.plesk.com/30'

# Plesk auth data
$user = 'username'
$pass = 'password'
$note = "$(Get-Date) - Key generated for $env:COMPUTERNAME - $((gwmi win32_operatingsystem).Caption)"
$keyPath = "C:\Program Files\Plesk\$([datetime]::Now.ToString("yyMMdd-HHmmss")).pleskkey.xml"

# create directory path if it doesn't exists
if (! (Test-Path ([System.IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName($keyPath)))){
    mkdir ([System.IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName($keyPath))
}

# create credentials
$spass = $pass | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force
$cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($user, $spass)

# Plesk template for API body
$content = '{
  "items" : [ {
    "externalId" : "",
    "item" : "PLESK-12-WEB-HOST-1M"
  },
  {
    "externalId" : "",
    "item" : "FT-PLESK-5-LANGUAGE-PACKS-1M"
  } ]
}'

# creating key
$var = irm "$url/keys?return-key-state=yes" -cred $cred -Body $content -Method POST -ContentType 'application/json;charset=UTF-8'

# add key notes
irm "$url/keys/$($var.keyIdentifiers.keyId)/notes" -cred $cred -Body "{ `"value`" : `"$note`" }" -Method POST -ContentType 'application/json;charset=UTF-8'

# retrieving and saving xml key
$xmlKey = irm "$url/keys/$($var.keyIdentifiers.keyId)/retrieve" -cred $cred
$xmlKey.Save($keyPath)

# installing the license
.$env:plesk_bin\keymng.exe --install --source-file=$keyPath
.$env:plesk_cli\license.exe -i $keyPath

# if testing something, delete the key in the end to avoid chargings
# irm "$url/keys/$($var.keyIdentifiers.keyId)?return-key-state=yes" -cred $cred -Method DELETE