functions/get-d365odatapublicentity.ps1


<#
    .SYNOPSIS
        Get public OData Data Entity and their metadata
         
    .DESCRIPTION
        Get a list with all the public available OData Data Entities,and their metadata, that are exposed through the OData endpoint of the Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations environment
         
        The cmdlet will search across the singular names for the Data Entities and across the collection names (plural)
         
    .PARAMETER EntityName
        Name of the Data Entity you are searching for
         
        The parameter is Case Insensitive, to make it easier for the user to locate the correct Data Entity
         
    .PARAMETER EntityNameContains
        Name of the Data Entity you are searching for, but instructing the cmdlet to use search logic
         
        Using this parameter enables you to supply only a portion of the name for the entity you are looking for, and still a valid result back
         
        The parameter is Case Insensitive, to make it easier for the user to locate the correct Data Entity
         
    .PARAMETER ODataQuery
        Valid OData query string that you want to pass onto the D365 OData endpoint while retrieving data
         
        Important note:
        If you are using -EntityName or -EntityNameContains along with the -ODataQuery, you need to understand that the "$filter" query is already started. Then you need to start with -ODataQuery ' and XYZ eq XYZ', e.g. -ODataQuery ' and IsReadOnly eq false'
        If you are using the -ODataQuery alone, you need to start the OData Query string correctly. -ODataQuery '$filter=IsReadOnly eq false'
         
        OData specific query options are:
        $filter
        $expand
        $select
        $orderby
        $top
        $skip
         
        Each option has different characteristics, which is well documented at: http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/odata-v4.0-part2-url-conventions.html
         
    .PARAMETER Tenant
        Azure Active Directory (AAD) tenant id (Guid) that the D365FO environment is connected to, that you want to access through OData
         
    .PARAMETER Url
        URL / URI for the D365FO environment you want to access through OData
         
        If you are working against a D365FO instance, it will be the URL / URI for the instance itself
         
        If you are working against a D365 Talent / HR instance, this will have to be "http://hr.talent.dynamics.com"
         
    .PARAMETER SystemUrl
        URL / URI for the D365FO instance where the OData endpoint is available
         
        If you are working against a D365FO instance, it will be the URL / URI for the instance itself, which is the same as the Url parameter value
         
        If you are working against a D365 Talent / HR instance, this will to be full instance URL / URI like "https://aos-rts-sf-b1b468164ee-prod-northeurope.hr.talent.dynamics.com/namespaces/0ab49d18-6325-4597-97b3-c7f2321aa80c"
         
    .PARAMETER ClientId
        The ClientId obtained from the Azure Portal when you created a Registered Application
         
    .PARAMETER ClientSecret
        The ClientSecret obtained from the Azure Portal when you created a Registered Application
         
    .PARAMETER EnableException
        This parameters disables user-friendly warnings and enables the throwing of exceptions
        This is less user friendly, but allows catching exceptions in calling scripts
         
    .PARAMETER RawOutput
        Instructs the cmdlet to include the outer structure of the response received from OData endpoint
         
        The output will still be a PSCustomObject
         
    .PARAMETER OutNamesOnly
        Instructs the cmdlet to only display the DataEntityName and the EntityName from the response received from OData endpoint
         
        DataEntityName is the (logical) name of the entity from a code perspective.
        EntityName is the public OData endpoint name of the entity.
         
    .PARAMETER OutputAsJson
        Instructs the cmdlet to convert the output to a Json string
         
    .EXAMPLE
        PS C:\> Get-D365ODataPublicEntity -EntityName customersv3
         
        This will get Data Entities from the OData endpoint.
        This will search for the Data Entities that are named "customersv3".
         
    .EXAMPLE
        PS C:\> (Get-D365ODataPublicEntity -EntityName customersv3).Value
         
        This will get Data Entities from the OData endpoint.
        This will search for the Data Entities that are named "customersv3".
        This will output the content of the "Value" property directly and list all found Data Entities and their metadata.
         
    .EXAMPLE
        PS C:\> Get-D365ODataPublicEntity -EntityNameContains customers
         
        This will get Data Entities from the OData endpoint.
        It will use the search string "customers" to search for any entity in their singular & plural name contains that search term.
         
    .EXAMPLE
        PS C:\> Get-D365ODataPublicEntity -EntityNameContains customer -ODataQuery ' and IsReadOnly eq true'
         
        This will get Data Entities from the OData endpoint.
        It will use the search string "customer" to search for any entity in their singular & plural name contains that search term.
        It will utilize the OData Query capabilities to filter for Data Entities that are "IsReadOnly = $true".
         
    .EXAMPLE
        PS C:\> Get-D365ODataPublicEntity -EntityName CustomersV3 | Get-D365ODataEntityKey | Format-List
         
        This will extract all the relevant key fields from the Data Entity.
        The "CustomersV3" value is used to get the desired Data Entity.
        The output from Get-D365ODataPublicEntity is piped into Get-D365ODataEntityKey.
        All key fields will be extracted and displayed.
        The output will be formatted as a list.
         
    .LINK
        Get-D365ODataEntityKey
         
    .NOTES
        The OData standard is using the $ (dollar sign) for many functions and features, which in PowerShell is normally used for variables.
         
        Whenever you want to use the different query options, you need to take the $ sign and single quotes into consideration.
         
        Example of an execution where I want the top 1 result only, from a specific legal entity / company.
        This example is using single quotes, to help PowerShell not trying to convert the $ into a variable.
        Because the OData standard is using single quotes as text qualifiers, we need to escape them with multiple single quotes.
         
        -ODataQuery '$top=1&$filter=dataAreaId eq ''Comp1'''
         
        Tags: OData, Data, Entity, Query
         
        Author: Mötz Jensen (@Splaxi)
         
#>


function Get-D365ODataPublicEntity {
    [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = "Default")]
    [OutputType()]
    param (

        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, ParameterSetName = "Default")]
        [string] $EntityName,

        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = "NameContains")]
        [string] $EntityNameContains,

        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, ParameterSetName = "Default")]
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, ParameterSetName = "NameContains")]
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = "Query")]
        [string] $ODataQuery,

        [Alias('$AADGuid')]
        [string] $Tenant = $Script:ODataTenant,

        [Alias('Uri')]
        [Alias('AuthenticationUrl')]
        [string] $Url = $Script:ODataUrl,

        [string] $SystemUrl = $Script:ODataSystemUrl,

        [string] $ClientId = $Script:ODataClientId,

        [string] $ClientSecret = $Script:ODataClientSecret,

        [switch] $EnableException,

        [switch] $RawOutput,
        
        [switch] $OutNamesOnly,

        [switch] $OutputAsJson
    )


    begin {
        if ([System.String]::IsNullOrEmpty($SystemUrl)) {
            Write-PSFMessage -Level Verbose -Message "The SystemUrl parameter was empty, using the Url parameter as the OData endpoint base address." -Target $SystemUrl
            $SystemUrl = $Url
        }

        if ([System.String]::IsNullOrEmpty($Url) -or [System.String]::IsNullOrEmpty($SystemUrl)) {
            $messageString = "It seems that you didn't supply a valid value for the Url parameter. You need specify the Url parameter or add a configuration with the <c='em'>Add-D365ODataConfig</c> cmdlet."
            Write-PSFMessage -Level Host -Message $messageString -Exception $PSItem.Exception -Target $entityName
            Stop-PSFFunction -Message "Stopping because of errors." -Exception $([System.Exception]::new($($messageString -replace '<[^>]+>', ''))) -ErrorRecord $_
            return
        }
        
        if ($Url.Substring($Url.Length - 1) -eq "/") {
            Write-PSFMessage -Level Verbose -Message "The Url parameter had a tailing slash, which shouldn't be there. Removing the tailling slash." -Target $Url
            $Url = $Url.Substring(0, $Url.Length - 1)
        }
    
        if ($SystemUrl.Substring($SystemUrl.Length - 1) -eq "/") {
            Write-PSFMessage -Level Verbose -Message "The SystemUrl parameter had a tailing slash, which shouldn't be there. Removing the tailling slash." -Target $Url
            $SystemUrl = $SystemUrl.Substring(0, $SystemUrl.Length - 1)
        }
        
        $bearerParms = @{
            Url          = $Url
            ClientId     = $ClientId
            ClientSecret = $ClientSecret
            Tenant       = $Tenant
        }

        $bearer = New-BearerToken @bearerParms

        $headerParms = @{
            URL         = $Url
            BearerToken = $bearer
        }

        $headers = New-AuthorizationHeaderBearerToken @headerParms

        [System.UriBuilder] $odataEndpoint = $SystemUrl
        
        if ($odataEndpoint.Path -eq "/") {
            $odataEndpoint.Path = "metadata/PublicEntities"
        }
        else {
            $odataEndpoint.Path += "/metadata/PublicEntities"
        }
    }

    process {
        if (Test-PSFFunctionInterrupt) { return }

        Invoke-TimeSignal -Start

        $odataEndpoint.Query = ""
        
        if (-not ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($EntityName))) {
            Write-PSFMessage -Level Verbose -Message "Building request for the Metadata OData endpoint for entity named: $EntityName." -Target $EntityName

            $searchEntityName = $EntityName
            $odataEndpoint.Query = "`$filter=(tolower(Name) eq tolower('$EntityName') or tolower(EntitySetName) eq tolower('$EntityName'))"
        }
        elseif (-not ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($EntityNameContains))) {
            Write-PSFMessage -Level Verbose -Message "Building request for the Metadata OData endpoint for entity that contains: $EntityNameContains." -Target $EntityNameContains

            $searchEntityName = $EntityNameContains
            $odataEndpoint.Query = "`$filter=(contains(tolower(Name), tolower('$EntityNameContains')) or contains(tolower(EntitySetName), tolower('$EntityNameContains')))"
        }

        if (-not ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($ODataQuery))) {
            $odataEndpoint.Query = $($odataEndpoint.Query + "$ODataQuery").Replace("?", "")
        }

        try {
            Write-PSFMessage -Level Verbose -Message "Executing http request against the Metadata OData endpoint." -Target $($odataEndpoint.Uri.AbsoluteUri)
            $res = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Uri $odataEndpoint.Uri.AbsoluteUri -Headers $headers -ContentType 'application/json'

            if (-not ($RawOutput)) {
                $res = $res.Value | Sort-Object -Property Name

                if ($OutNamesOnly) {
                    $res = $res | Select-PSFObject "Name as DataEntityName", "EntitySetName as EntityName"
                }
            }

            if ($OutputAsJson) {
                $res | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 10
            }
            else {
                $res
            }
        }
        catch {
            $messageString = "Something went wrong while searching the Metadata OData endpoint for the entity: $searchEntityName"
            Write-PSFMessage -Level Host -Message $messageString -Exception $PSItem.Exception -Target $entityName
            Stop-PSFFunction -Message "Stopping because of errors." -Exception $([System.Exception]::new($($messageString -replace '<[^>]+>', ''))) -ErrorRecord $_
            return
        }

        Invoke-TimeSignal -End
    }
}