How to Pass JSON Parameter with POST method on powershell 2.0? - powershell

Question

I have a Powershell code that is work very fine in powershell version 3.
I need to run this code in powershell 2.0 too. But Invoke-WebRequest not supported in PS version 2.0.
Please help me!
$params = "metrics[]=failed:count"
$failed = (Invoke-WebRequest -Uri http://localhost:9000/stats -Method POST -Body $params -ContentType "application/json").Content
$x = $failed | ConvertFrom-Json

Answer 1

Untested, but I think this may help:
$params = "metrics[]=failed:count"
$result = #{}
try{
$request = [System.Net.WebRequest]::Create('http://localhost:9000/stats')
$request.Method = 'POST'
$request.ContentType = 'application/json'
$request.Accept = "application/json"
$body = [byte[]][char[]]$params
$upload = $request.GetRequestStream()
$upload.Write($body, 0, $body.Length)
$upload.Flush()
$upload.Close()
$response = $request.GetResponse()
$stream = $response.GetResponseStream()
$streamReader = [System.IO.StreamReader]($stream)
$result['StatusCode'] = $response.StatusCode
$result['StatusDescription'] = $response.StatusDescription
$result['Content'] = $streamReader.ReadToEnd()
$streamReader.Close()
$response.Close()
}
catch{
throw
}
# I suggest checking $result.StatusCode here first..
$x = $result.Content | ConvertFrom-Json