Web Method and PowerShell

Question

I see a lot of information on running a Web Method from PowerShell, but is it possible to run a PowerShell command as part of a Web Method. For instance maybe run a simple ls command and have it return the output?

Answer 1

You can easily host the PowerShell engine in C# code:

using System;
using System.Management.Automations;

...
using (var ps = PowerShell.Create()) {
    ps.AddScript(@"Get-ChildItem c:\");
    var results = ps.Invoke();
    foreach (dynamic result in results) {
        ...
    }
}