Invoke-RestMethod works fine on PowershellCore 7, but got error on Powershell 5

Hi community,

I got an issue with Invoke-RestMethod. Basically I have the script below:

$thresholdUrl = "https://www.site24x7.eu/api/threshold_profiles"

#HEADERS
$Customerheaders = @{
'Accept' = "application/json; version=2.1"
'Authorization' = "Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.ab5dba56df9188cec0f57d1ff8ad509a.200613a3f700394bc169a0d8aa345XXX"
'Cookie' = "zaaid=20071266249"
}

#get a list of Threshold Profiles to that specific customer

$thresholds = Invoke-RestMethod -Method 'get' -Uri $thresholdUrl -Headers $Customerheaders

When I run from Powershell Core7 on my windows 10, it works fine and I receive a answer from the API. But when I try to run the same script from Powershell 5.1, I’ve got the below error:

Invoke-RestMethod : The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized.
At C:\Users\olair.soares\Create
ProfilesV4.ps1:12 char:15
+ ... hresholds = Invoke-RestMethod -Method 'get' -Uri $thresholdUrl -Heade ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (System.Net.HttpWebRequest:HttpWebRequest) [Invoke-RestMethod], WebExc
eption
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebCmdletWebResponseException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeRestMethodCommand

Does anyone knows what is the issue? I need to be able to run it from Powershell 5.1 due compatibility.

Thanks in advance.

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The error is unauthorized, so that would indicate something is amiss with your Authorization. There isn’t anything in the code that is a compatibility issue between 5 and 7. You can try to set the TLS version, but it appears to be something with authorization:

Hi Rob,

Thanks for your reply.

I already tested including the below line on the top of script:

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

The behavior is the same, I tested from my workstation and other test VM. I’ve the Powershell 5.1 and Powershell Core 7 running on both Machine. I get the error when running from Powershell 5.1, but it run fine from Powershell Core 7 on both machines. I’m not a experient powershell guy, but I guess that there is any change on the way that cmdlet call the url.