Quick cmd to POST data to remote server over HTTP in Powershell

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create a file  named test.ps1

write below cmds 

body=@"< a >name< / a>< b>password< / b>"@

 $URL = "http://www.computerperformance.co.uk"

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

$headers.Add("Content-Type", 'text/xml')

$headers.Add("SOAPAction", '')
$response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $Url -Body $body -Headers $headers -Method POST

$reponse.StatusCode

Run the script with FQDN

&; "C:\Scripts\test.ps1"


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$response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "http://somesite.com/oneendpoint" -Method Post -Body $JSON -ContentType "text/xml"
$uri = 'https://www.myWebsite.com/ext/ext/ext'
$data = Get-Content "kronos_ping.xml"
$result = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $uri -Body $data -ContentType 'text/xml' -Method POST


$result.RawContent
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