Hello Everyone,

I have the script (API POST) below which is working fine.

$UserPass = “username:password”

[string]$stringToEncode=$UserPass

$encodedString=[Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($stringToEncode))

[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12

$headers = New-Object “System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[[String],[String]]”

$headers.Add(“content-type”, “application/json”)

$headers.Add(“accept”, “application/json”)

$headers.Add(“Authorization”, “Basic ” + $encodedString)

Invoke-RestMethod -Uri “https://api_base_url/session” -Headers $headers -Method POST

I want to mask the password instead of plain text. So modified it to below which will ask to enter the masked password.

$UserPass = “username:$(Read-Host -Prompt “Please type the password” -AsSecureString)“

But the whole script is not working anymore. When I troubleshoot, there is a difference in encoding/decoding. I ran an online base64 decode and encode, the result is different.

Plain text password – username:password

dXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ= —> username:password

Masked password – username:$(Read-Host -Prompt “Please type the password” -AsSecureString)

dXNlcm5hbWU6U3lzdGVtLlNlY3VyaXR5LlNlY3VyZVN0cmluZw== —> username:System.Security.SecureString

How can I mask the password but able to read the System.Security.SecureString as the actual password?

Thank you in advanced.

​Hello Everyone, I have the script (API POST) below which is working fine. $UserPass = “username:password” [string]$stringToEncode=$UserPass$encodedString=[Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($stringToEncode)) [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12$headers = New-Object “System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[[String],[String]]”$headers.Add(“content-type”, “application/json”)$headers.Add(“accept”, “application/json”)$headers.Add(“Authorization”, “Basic ” + $encodedString)  Invoke-RestMethod -Uri “https://api_base_url/session” -Headers $headers -Method POST I want to mask the password instead of plain text. So modified it to below which will ask to enter the masked password. $UserPass = “username:$(Read-Host -Prompt “Please type the password” -AsSecureString)” But the whole script is not working anymore. When I troubleshoot, there is a difference in encoding/decoding. I ran an online base64 decode and encode, the result is different. Plain text password – username:passworddXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ= —> username:password Masked password – username:$(Read-Host -Prompt “Please type the password” -AsSecureString)dXNlcm5hbWU6U3lzdGVtLlNlY3VyaXR5LlNlY3VyZVN0cmluZw== —> username:System.Security.SecureString How can I mask the password but able to read the System.Security.SecureString as the actual password? Thank you in advanced.   Read More

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