Connecting to XML

Establishing a Connection shows how to authenticate to XML and configure any necessary connection properties. You can also configure cmdlet capabilities through the available Connection properties, from data modeling to firewall traversal. The Advanced Settings section shows how to set up more advanced configurations and troubleshoot connection errors.

Connecting from PowerShell

The CData Cmdlets PowerShell Module for XML provides a familiar way to interact with XML from PowerShell. The cmdlets provide a standard PowerShell interface and an SQL interface to live data. The CData cmdlets enable you to work with XML using standard PowerShell objects; you can chain the cmdlets to each other or other cmdlets in pipelines. The cmdlets also support PowerShell debug streams.

Data Manipulation with Cmdlets

See Establishing a Connection to learn how to get started with the Connect-XML cmdlet. You can then pass the XMLConnection object returned to other cmdlets for accessing data:

• Select-XML
• Add-XML
• Update-XML
• Remove-XML

Executing SQL from PowerShell

You can execute any SQL query with the Invoke-XML cmdlet.

Accessing Debug Output from Streams

See Capturing Errors and Logging to obtain the debug output through PowerShell streams.

PowerShell Version Support

The standard cmdlets are supported in PowerShell 2, 3, 4, and 5.

XML Version Support

The cmdlet models XML-based REST APIs as bidirectional database tables and XML files as views (local XML files, files stored on popular cloud services, and FTP servers). The cmdlet abstracts connecting to remote data as well as data processing: TLS/SSL, HTTP/FTP, and authentication. The major authentication schemes are supported, including HTTP Basic, Digest, NTLM, OAuth, and FTP.