How to send curl update request with -d parameter?

Question

I need to send a curl request from powershell, using box api reference for help (I'm looking the the section called Update User, but I'm having some trouble:

curl https://api.box.com/2.0/users/11111 -H @{"Authorization" = "token"} -d '{"name": "bob"}' -X PUT

Should update the user's name, but I get:

Invoke-WebRequest : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument '{"name": "bob"}'. At G:\IT\bassie\Box\GetUsers.ps1:5 char:1 + curl https://api.box.com/2.0/users/892861590 -H @{"Authorization" = " ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Invoke-WebRequest], ParameterBindingException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeWebRequestCommand

I tried re-arranging it to

-d @{"name" = "bob"} 

but the error changed to

Invoke-WebRequest : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument 'System.Collections.Hashtable'. At G:\IT\bassie\Box\GetUsers.ps1:5 char:1 + curl https://api.box.com/2.0/users/892861590 -H @{"Authorization" = " ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Invoke-WebRequest], ParameterBindingException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeWebRequestCommand

What do I need to put into the -d parameter?

Answer 1

I managed to do what I needed with

$url = "https://api.box.com/2.0/users/111111111"
$headers = @{"Authorization" = "Bearer TOKEN"}
$body = '{"status": "inactive"}'
$contentType = "application/json"

Invoke-WebRequest $url -Headers $headers -ContentType $contentType -Body $body -Method PUT

So it seems that not only did I need to replace the -D parameter with -Body, but I also had to specify the ConteType as application/json in order to use that format.