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GetNetboxAPIErrorBody

Since

v1.0.4

SYNOPSIS

Extracts the response body and content type from a failed HTTP response.

SYNTAX

GetNetboxAPIErrorBody [-Response] <Object> [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Safely extracts and returns the response body and content type from an HTTP error response. Cross-platform compatible: handles both HttpWebResponse (PowerShell Desktop) and HttpResponseMessage (PowerShell Core).

Returns a PSCustomObject with Body, ContentType, and IsJson properties to help callers properly handle different error response formats (JSON from Netbox, HTML from proxies, etc.).

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

$errorResponse = GetNetboxAPIErrorBody -Response $_.Exception.Response
if ($errorResponse.IsJson) {
    $errorData = $errorResponse.Body | ConvertFrom-Json
}

PARAMETERS

-Response

The HTTP response object from a failed API call. Accepts both System.Net.HttpWebResponse (Desktop) and System.Net.Http.HttpResponseMessage (Core).

Type: Object
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ProgressAction

{{ Fill ProgressAction Description }}

Type: ActionPreference
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: proga

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

OUTPUTS

[PSCustomObject] Object with Body (string), ContentType (string), and IsJson (bool).

NOTES

AddedInVersion: v1.0.4 Fixes issue #100: Cross-platform error handling compatibility. Fixes issue #154: Content-Type check for proxy error handling.

Common parameters

common request params