Functions/plugin-service/Import-vROPlugin.psm1

function Import-vROPlugin {
<#
    .SYNOPSIS
    Imports a resource element in a given category.

    .DESCRIPTION
    Imports a resource element in a given category.

    .PARAMETER File
    The plugin file

    .PARAMETER Format
    The format of the plugin. It can be either dar or vmoapp

    .INPUTS
    System.String
    System.IO.FileInfo
    Switch

    .OUTPUTS
    None

    .EXAMPLE
    Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Resources\* | Import-vROResourceElement -CategoryId "36cd783f-e858-4783-9273-06d11defc8b0" -Confirm:$false

#>

[CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess,ConfirmImpact="High")]

    Param (     
    
    [parameter(Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$true,ValueFromPipelinebyPropertyName=$true)]
    [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
    [System.IO.FileInfo]$File,

    [parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
    [ValidateSet("dar","vmoapp")]
    [String]$Format,

    [parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
    [Switch]$Overwrite    

    )

    begin {

        #Set Set Line Feed
        $LF = "`r`n"
    
    }

    process {

        $FileInfo = [System.IO.FileInfo](Resolve-Path $File).Path

        try {

            # --- Create the multi-part form
            $Boundary = [guid]::NewGuid().ToString()
            $FileBin = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes($FileInfo.FullName)
            $Encoding = [System.Text.Encoding]::GetEncoding("iso-8859-1")
            $EncodedFile = $Encoding.GetString($FileBin)

            $Form = (
                "--$($Boundary)",
                "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=`"file`"; filename=`"$($FileInfo.Name)`"",
                "Content-Type:application/octet-stream$($LF)",
                $EncodedFile,
                "--$($Boundary)--$($LF)"
            ) -join $LF

            $URI = "/vco/api/plugins?format=$($Format)&overwrite=$($Overwrite.ToString().ToLower())"

            # --- Set custom headers for the request
            $Headers = @{
            
                "Authorization" = "Basic $($Global:vROConnection.EncodedPassword)";
                "Accept" = "Application/json"
                "Accept-Encoding" = "gzip,deflate,sdch";
                "Content-Type" = "multipart/form-data; boundary=$($Boundary)"
            }

            if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($FileInfo.FullName)){

                # --- Run vRO REST Request
                Invoke-vRORestMethod -Method POST -Uri $URI -Body $Form -Headers $Headers -Verbose:$VerbosePreference | Out-Null
                
            }

        }
        catch [Exception]{

            throw

        }

    }

    end {

    }

}