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How can I get my powershell script to post into prtg?

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I have wrote a PowerShell script to use the "HTTP Push Data Advanced" sensor:

$prtgresult = '<prtg>
            <result>
            <channel>Message</channel>
            <value>1</value>
            </result>
            <Text>This_is_the_error</Text>
            </prtg> '

Add-Type -AssemblyName system.web
$Answer = Invoke-WebRequest `
   -method "POST" `
   -URI ("http://***IPof PRTG_Server***:5050/***Token***") `
   -ContentType "text/xml" `
   -Body ([System.Web.HttpUtility]:: UrlEncode.($prtgresult)) `
   -usebasicparsing
if ($answer.statuscode -ne 200) {
   write-warning "Request to PRTG failed"
   exit 1
}
else {
   $answer.content
}

I get back a message saying it matched 1 sensor but the sensor is saying "No Data" (I tried adding the HTTP Push Count with the same Token and to matched 2 sensors and I could see it in the Push Count log as picking it up) so I'm now completely stuck and I'm sure I've missed something but I can't figure out what :(

The end result should be that whenever the sensor receives the push message it triggers a "Change Notification" to alert our out of hours support team with the contents on the Text Tag.

http powershell prtg

Created on Nov 15, 2018 2:30:38 PM

Last change on Nov 15, 2018 3:05:31 PM by  Stephan Linke [Paessler Support]



3 Replies

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Hi there,

Do you run multiple Push Data sensors all under the same Port?

Please create an entirely new Push Data Advanced Sensor with a different port and Identification Token, does the script work properly then?

Best regards.

Created on Nov 16, 2018 1:19:19 PM by  Dariusz Gorka [Paessler Support]



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Still not working I'm afraid:

I get the response that its matched the Sensor but on the sensor I get "There was no value provided"

the log file shows:

Command: POST ContentType: text/xml Uri: /Token Remote IP: .*.. Form Params: Query Params: Version: HTTP/1.1

Created on Dec 6, 2018 4:51:35 PM



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Hi there,

Found the issue. You are just transmitting the result in the POST-Body, but you are missing the parameter that this result belongs to. So change this:

-Body ([System.Web.HttpUtility]:: UrlEncode.($prtgresult)) `

To this:

-Body ("content="+[System.Web.HttpUtility]:: UrlEncode.($prtgresult)) `

Basically you need to transmit the result in the "content"-Parameter.

Best regards.

Created on Dec 6, 2018 8:44:38 PM by  Dariusz Gorka [Paessler Support]




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