Public/ConvertTo-nbId.ps1
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<# .SYNOPSIS Helper function to lookup ids for a given lookup. .DESCRIPTION Got a device type and need the ID? here's your guy. You could do it yourself, but let's face it - that's work. .EXAMPLE ConvertTo-nbID -source dcim/_choices/device:status -value Active #> function ConvertTo-nbID { [OutputType([String])] Param ( # The resource to lookup the thing. [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=0)] [String] $Source, # The value to lookup [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=1)] [String] $Value ) try { if ($source -match '.*\/_choices') { Return Invoke-nbApi -resource ($source) | Where-object label -eq $value | Select-Object -ExpandProperty value } Return (Invoke-nbApi -resource ($source) -Query @{slug = $Value}).results[0].id } catch [Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException] { $errorRecord = New-Object System.Management.Automation.ErrorRecord( (New-Object Exception "Cannot find $value in $source"), 'Not.Found', [System.Management.Automation.ErrorCategory]::ObjectNotFound, $value ) $PSCmdlet.ThrowTerminatingError($errorRecord) } catch { $PSCmdlet.ThrowTerminatingError($_) } } |