Invoke-Restmethod: how do I get the return code?

Question

Is there a way to store the return code somewhere when calling Invoke-RestMethod in PowerShell?

My code looks like this:

$url = "http://www.dictionaryapi.com/api/v1/references/collegiate/xml/Adventure?key=MyKeyGoesHere"  $XMLReturned = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $url -Method Get; 

I don't see anywhere in my $XMLReturned variable a return code of 200. Where can I find that return code?

Answer 1

You have a few options. Option 1 is found here. It pulls the response code from the results found in the exception.

try {     Invoke-RestMethod ... your parameters here ...  } catch {     # Dig into the exception to get the Response details.     # Note that value__ is not a typo.     Write-Host "StatusCode:" $_.Exception.Response.StatusCode.value__      Write-Host "StatusDescription:" $_.Exception.Response.StatusDescription } 

Another option is to use the old invoke-webrequest cmdlet found here.

Code copied from there is:

$resp = try { Invoke-WebRequest ... } catch { $_.Exception.Response } 

Those are 2 ways of doing it which you can try.