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James_124570
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Jun 01, 2015

What scripting language is best with iControl Rest

Hello All,   What is the best scripting language to use with iControl Rest. I am not very familiar with cURL or C, so I am open, just wanted to know what others are using.   Thanks!  
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Michael_Jenkins
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Jun 02, 2015

I think it depends on what your goal is, whether it be an application, script, or website.

For scripts, I tend to use PowerShell mostly because it's quick to grab what I need and you can use the 

Invoke-RestMethod
command which will automatically bring the JSON response back as an object, making it easier to work with.

If you're looking at web stuff, I generally use jQuery (or similar libraries for Ajax calls).

Also, if you're just looking to test some iControlRest stuff, you could use a Chrome extension called Postman. It's pretty useful for testing REST calls.

Hope this helps.