Get-UAVariable Secret just returning name of variable and not the value of the string

PowerShell Universal
1

Good morning,

I am stuck on what I feel is pretty simple. I have a secret string I created under automation/variables called ‘pass’

later in the script im trying to pass $password as a variable to another command.

$password = Get-UAVariable -Name 'pass'

$PostRequest = "grant_type=password" + 
    "&client_id=$clientID" +
    "&client_secret=$client_secret" + 
    "&username=$username" + 
    "&password=$password"

Write-host "Params: $PostRequest "

$wc = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$wc.UploadString("redacted", $PostRequest ) | ConvertFrom-Json

Is this not the intention of variables?

Currently running v2 but tested on version 1.5.14 as well

2

You can just use the variable directly. Get-UAVariable is return the reference to the variable. For secrets, you won’t be able to access the Value through the Management API (which is what Get-UAVariable uses).

Try changing your script to:

$Password = $Pass
3

Interesting. I would have never guessed that would work. So all scripts have access to the $VariablesName Is this in the documentation somewhere? I saw this new-uavariable but overlooked that comment.

4

It’s funny. I went and checked the documentation and there actually wasn’t any information on this. :man_facepalming:

I have added this section here: Variables - PowerShell Universal

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5

Thanks for getting back so quickly on this. I thought I was going crazy. Keep up the good work.

6

I tried the same but its not working. Not sure what I’m missing. I even upgraded the UA to latest version 2.2.1. Can you please suggest?

My scripts are unable to read the value of secret variables.

Example Script:

Write-host "Test"

#Not Secret Variable

Write-host $Test

#Secret Variable

Write-host $SecretPw

Output:

Aug 11, 2021 9:45 AM [warning] Failed to verify module and server version. Call failed. The SSL connection could not be established, see inner exception. GET https://localhost:443/api/v1/version 

Aug 11, 2021 9:45 AM  Test 

Aug 11, 2021 9:45 AM  Test2