Can I use a 3rd party .NET API with Powershell?

PowerShell Help
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Hi all,

Is it possible to use a 3rd party .net API designed for C# in Powershell?

The API is for teamwork.com and is installed via a Nuget package in Visual Studio.

Thanks for any help you can provide

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Hi Swatto - Yes, you can use, and usually the .Net classes will be initialised or referenced

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Add-Type -AssemblyName Namespace.Class
or

or

$Object = New-Object Namespace.Class # Parameter if any
$Object.Property = {Get;Set;}
$Object.Method()

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3

Thanks very much Kiran. I just need to figure out how to get the API without using the Visual Studio Nuget Package Manager.

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Here’s an example. Make sure the dll isn’t blocked if it’s from another computer.

Add-Type -Path .\ServerCommandProxy.dll
Add-Type -Path .\CookComputing.XmlRpcV2.dll

$a = New-Object ServerCommandProxy($server,9191,$password)
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You can download nuget.exe if you want to grab packages outside of e.g. VS.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/install-nuget-client-tools