Merge pull request #219 from PetriAsi/fix/content-encoding#218

Fix/content encoding #218 introduced on 1.9 release

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,24 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+# [v.1.10.x] - 2021-09-03
+
+## New secure ways to connect Snipe it
+
+### -secureApiKey allow pass apiKey as SecureString
+Connect-SnipeitPS -URL 'https://asset.example.com' -secureApiKey 'tokenKey'
+
+### Set connection with safely saved credentials, first save credentials
+$SnipeCred= Get-Credential -message "Use url as username and apikey as password"
+$SnipeCred | Export-CliXml snipecred.xml
+
+### ..then use your saved credentials like
+Connect-SnipeitPS -siteCred (Import-CliXml snipecred.xml)
+
+## Fix for content encoding in invoke-snipeitmethod
+Version 1.9 introduced bug that converted non ascii characters to ascii
+during request.
+
 # [v.1.9.x] - 2021-07-14
 
 ## Image uploads

README.md

@@ -19,9 +19,23 @@ Install-Module SnipeitPS
 # Check for updates occasionally:
 Update-Module SnipeitPS
 
-# To use each session:
+# import module to session:
 Import-Module SnipeitPS
-Set-SnipeitInfo -URL 'https://asset.example.com' -apiKey 'tokenKey'
+
+# Set connection
+Connect-SnipeitPS -URL 'https://asset.example.com' -apiKey 'tokenKey'
+
+# Or set connection with safely saved credentials, first save credentials
+$SnipeCred =Get-Credential -message "Use url as username and apikey as password"
+$SnipeCred | Export-CliXml snipecred.xml
+
+# ..then use your saved credentials like
+Connect-SnipeitPS -siteCred (Import-CliXml snipecred.xml)
+
+# OR use -secureApiKey that allow pass apiKey as SecureString
+# if you are usin Microsoft.PowerShell.SecretManagement or like
+Connect-SnipeitPS -URL 'https://asset.example.com' -secureApiKey 'tokenKey'
+
 ```
 
 ### Usage

SnipeitPS/Private/Invoke-SnipeitMethod.ps1

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ function Invoke-SnipeitMethod {
         }
 
         if ($Body -and $splatParameters.Keys -notcontains 'Form') {
-            $splatParameters["Body"] = $Body | Convertto-Json
+            $splatParameters["Body"] =  [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes(($Body | Convertto-Json))
         }
 
         $script:PSDefaultParameterValues = $global:PSDefaultParameterValues