PSFPLInfo

1.1.1

Private/Get-Data.ps1

                                function Get-Data

{

<#

    .SYNOPSIS

        Common Web Scrape function.

    .DESCRIPTION

        This function takes a URL and a Web Session.

        It connects to the given URL then returns the

        contents.  We're expecting this to be JSON from

        the FPL API.

#> 

    [CmdletBinding()]

    [OutputType([object])]

    param(

        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][object]$session, 

        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$url

    )

    Write-Verbose "Scraping $url";

    $json = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $url -WebSession $session -UseBasicParsing;

    # Sleep, be as kind as possible to the FPL servers!

    Start-Sleep -Seconds 2.5;

    return $json;

}