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fail with 'Invalid accept header'
posted by Dan ManceSTAFFMOD on March 15, 2013 at 9:04 PM
I get the following error with a simple One line web query in Windows Powershell. I've tried several things ...can anyone set me straight? Thanks
Invoke-WebRequest http://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/550?api_key=9343dd7ed77d525d...
results in...
Invoke-WebRequest : {"status_code":19,"status_message":"Invalid accept header"} At line:1 char:1
- Invoke-WebRequest http://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/550?api_key=9343dd7ed77d525d ...
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (System.Net.HttpWebRequest:HttpWebRequest) [Invoke-WebRequest], WebException
- FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebCmdletWebResponseException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeWebRequestCommand
Reply by Travis Bell
on March 16, 2013 at 1:43 PM
Hey dmance,
You need to send along an
Acceptheader with a value ofapplication/json. Unfortunately, I don't have any insight as to how to do that in Powershell. You'll have to scour the internet for help.