PowerShell/Docs/alert.md

## The *alert.ps1* Script

This PowerShell script handles and escalates the given alert message.

## Parameters
```powershell
alert.ps1 [[-Message] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

-Message <String>
    Specifies the alert message
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    1
    Default value                
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

[<CommonParameters>]
    This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, 
    WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.
```

## Example
```powershell
PS> ./alert "Harddisk failure"

```

## Notes
Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

## Related Links
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

## Source Code
```powershell
<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Handles and escalates an alert 
.DESCRIPTION
	This PowerShell script handles and escalates the given alert message.
.PARAMETER message
	Specifies the alert message
.EXAMPLE
	PS> ./alert "Harddisk failure"
.LINK
	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
	Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>

param([string]$Message = "")

try {
	if ($Message -eq "" ) { $URL = read-host "Enter alert message" }

	echo "ALERT: $Message"

	curl --header "Access-Token: o.PZl5XCp6SBl4F5PpaNXGDfFpUJZKAlEb" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data-binary '{"type": "note", "title": "ALERT", "body": "$Message"}' --request POST https://api.pushbullet.com/v2/pushes

	exit 0 # success
} catch {
	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}
```

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