Examples on how to use PowerShell with RightScale API

RightScale_PowerShell_API_Examples.ps1

# Provide API Refresh Token - http://docs.rightscale.com/cm/dashboard/settings/account/enable_oauth.html
$oauthRefreshToken = "<API_REFRESH_TOKEN>"

## Get a bearer access token from Cloud Management
$oauthUrl = "https://my.rightscale.com/api/oauth2"
$oauthHeaders = @{"X_API_VERSION"="1.5"}
$oauthBody = @{"grant_type"="refresh_token";"refresh_token"=$oauthRefreshToken}
$oauthResult = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Post -Uri $oauthUrl -Headers $oauthHeaders -Body ($oauthBody | ConvertTo-Json) -ContentType "application/json"
$accessToken = $oauthResult.access_token

## PowerShell Example of Docs cURL Example @ http://docs.rightscale.com/api/api_1.5_examples/tags.html
$uri = "https://my.rightscale.com/api/tags/by_tag"
$headers = @{
    "X_API_VERSION"="1.5";
    "Authorization"="Bearer $accessToken"
}
$body = @{
    resource_type = 'instances';
    tags = @( 
        'database:active=true';
        'rs_monitoring:state=active'
        )
    match_all='true'
}	
$result = Invoke-RestMethod -Method POST -Uri $uri -Headers $headers -Body ($body | ConvertTo-Json) -ContentType "application/json"

# Display the matching instance hrefs
$result.links.href