Get-CreatureFamiliesIndex.ps1

function Get-CreatureFamiliesIndex
{
  <#
      .SYNOPSIS
      Retrieves the index of creature families in World of Warcraft.
 
      .DESCRIPTION
      The function fetches a list of creature families available in World of Warcraft using the World of Warcraft API. An optional switch is available to return raw JSON data.
 
      .PARAMETER Raw
      Optional switch to return the raw JSON response from the API.
 
      .EXAMPLE
      Get-CreatureFamiliesIndex
      Retrieves the formatted list of creature families.
 
      .EXAMPLE
      Get-CreatureFamiliesIndex -Raw
      Retrieves the raw JSON response of creature families.
 
      .NOTES
      This function requires the World of Warcraft API to be accessible and valid credentials to be configured in the global variables.
   
      .LINK
      https://develop.battle.net/documentation/world-of-warcraft/game-data-apis
  #>


  param(
    [Parameter(Position = 0, HelpMessage = 'Return raw JSON data.')]
    [Switch]$Raw
  )

  if(Test-WoWApiConnection)
  {
    $URL = '{0}data/wow/creature-family/index?namespace=static-{1}&locale={2}' -f $Global:WoWBaseURL, $Global:WoWRegion, $Global:WoWLocalization

    try 
    {
      $result = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $URL -Headers $Global:WoWApiAuthHeader -TimeoutSec 5
      if($result -and $result.PSobject.Properties.name -contains 'creature_families')
      {
        if($Raw)
        {
          return $result
        }
        else
        {
          Write-Verbose -Message 'This is a formatted result. To get the native result use the -Raw parameter.'

          return $result |
          Select-Object -ExpandProperty creature_families |
          Sort-Object -Property id
        }
      }
    }
    catch 
    {
      $statusCode = $_.Exception.Response.StatusCode.value__
      $status = $_.Exception.Response.StatusCode
      Write-Verbose -Message ('Bad status code ({0}) {1}' -f $statusCode, $status)     
    }  
  }
}