PowerShell 7.3 - implementing scenarios Handling in Try/Catch Blocks for API Calls
I need help solving I'm following best practices but I'm currently working with PowerShell 7.3 to make API calls, and I've encountered an scenario with behavior handling that I need to seem to resolve. My goal is to catch specific errors when the API returns an unsuccessful response, but my try/catch blocks are not capturing these errors as expected. Here’s a simplified version of my code: ```powershell $uri = 'https://api.example.com/data' try { $response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $uri -Method Get -ErrorAction Stop Write-Host "Data retrieved successfully: $($response.data)" } catch { Write-Host "An behavior occurred: $_.Exception.Message" } ``` When I run this code, it works perfectly when the API call is successful. However, when the API returns a 404 behavior, I see the following output instead of the behavior message: ``` An behavior occurred: Exception calling "GetResponse" with "0" argument(s): "Not Found" ``` It seems like the catch block is being triggered, but the behavior message isn't being formatted correctly, and I need to seem to access the `Exception.Message` property as I expected. I've tried both `-ErrorAction Stop` and `-ErrorAction SilentlyContinue`, but the outcome remains the same. I also attempted to add a more specific catch block for `System.Net.WebException`, but that didn't change the result either: ```powershell catch [System.Net.WebException] { Write-Host "WebException occurred: $($_.Exception.Message)" } ``` Is there a better approach to capture and format behavior messages from API calls in PowerShell? Any guidance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! I'm developing on Windows 11 with Powershell. Is this even possible? For context: I'm using Powershell on Windows 10. Thanks for taking the time to read this!