PowerShell script that creates a case using a webservice based on the Dovetail SDK

CreateCase.ps1

$URL = "http://localhost/webservices/api/cases/create/"
$authToken = "7B118ABB-43C0-4215-A1D4-D536843728B5";
$propertyCode = "0595";
$summary = "This is the case title";
$notes = "These are case notes.";
$alternateCaseId = "12345";

$acceptHeader = "application/json";
#$acceptHeader = "text/html";

$postData=New-Object System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection
$postData.Add('authToken',$authToken)
$postData.Add('propertyCode',$propertyCode)
$postData.Add('summary',$summary )
$postData.Add('notes',$notes)
$postData.Add('AlternateCaseID',$alternateCaseId)
 
$webClient = new-object "System.Net.WebClient"
$webClient.Headers.Add("Accept", $acceptHeader);

try {
	$response = $webClient.UploadValues($URL,$postData);
}
catch [Net.WebException] {
		$e = $_.Exception
		$response = $e.Response;
		$requestStream = $response.GetResponseStream()
		$readStream = new-object System.IO.StreamReader $requestStream
		new-variable db
		$db = $readStream.ReadToEnd()
		$readStream.Close()
		$response.Close()
		$db;		
		$httpStatusCode = [int]$response.StatusCode
		Write-Host
		Write-Host HTTP Status: $httpStatusCode $response.StatusCode
		exit;
}

$json = [System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetString($response)

add-type -assembly system.web.extensions
$jsSerializer = New-Object System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer
$jsonResult = $jsSerializer.DeserializeObject( $json ) 
$result = New-Object PSObject -Property @{ Id = $jsonResult["Id"] }

Write-Host Successfully Created Case $result.Id