PowerShell Jobs

Command line

PS D:\srctest\powershelltest> Start-Job -Scriptblock{Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20941090W.json" | ConvertFrom-Json | Select covers}

Id     Name            PSJobTypeName   State         HasMoreData     Location             Command
--     ----            -------------   -----         -----------     --------             -------
1      Job9            BackgroundJob   Running       True            localhost            Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "…

PS C:\Users\AdministradorCIFO> Receive-Job 1

covers     RunspaceId
------     ----------
{10308698} 0f626350-35fe-4576-aeb5-c21ef3610f70

Code

Type this code and save as job1.ps1

$getBookJob = Start-Job –ScriptBlock {  
    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20941090W.json" | ConvertFrom-Json | Select covers
} 

Run job

D:\srctest\powershelltest\job1.ps1

Get-Command *-Job

to manage the jobs

fig 1

Wait-Job $getBookJob

fig 2

Receive-Job $getBookJob

fig 3