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POST
/
v1
/
computer
/
{machine_id}
/
shell
/
powershell
/
exec
Execute PowerShell command
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.cyberdesk.io/v1/computer/{machine_id}/shell/powershell/exec \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "command": "<string>",
  "same_session": true,
  "working_directory": "<string>",
  "session_id": "<string>",
  "timeout": 30
}
'
import requests

url = "https://api.cyberdesk.io/v1/computer/{machine_id}/shell/powershell/exec"

payload = {
"command": "<string>",
"same_session": True,
"working_directory": "<string>",
"session_id": "<string>",
"timeout": 30
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
command: '<string>',
same_session: true,
working_directory: '<string>',
session_id: '<string>',
timeout: 30
})
};

fetch('https://api.cyberdesk.io/v1/computer/{machine_id}/shell/powershell/exec', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.cyberdesk.io/v1/computer/{machine_id}/shell/powershell/exec",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'command' => '<string>',
'same_session' => true,
'working_directory' => '<string>',
'session_id' => '<string>',
'timeout' => 30
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://api.cyberdesk.io/v1/computer/{machine_id}/shell/powershell/exec"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"command\": \"<string>\",\n \"same_session\": true,\n \"working_directory\": \"<string>\",\n \"session_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"timeout\": 30\n}")

req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.cyberdesk.io/v1/computer/{machine_id}/shell/powershell/exec")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"command\": \"<string>\",\n \"same_session\": true,\n \"working_directory\": \"<string>\",\n \"session_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"timeout\": 30\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.cyberdesk.io/v1/computer/{machine_id}/shell/powershell/exec")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"command\": \"<string>\",\n \"same_session\": true,\n \"working_directory\": \"<string>\",\n \"session_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"timeout\": 30\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{}
{
"detail": [
{
"loc": [
"<string>"
],
"msg": "<string>",
"type": "<string>",
"input": "<unknown>",
"ctx": {}
}
]
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Headers

Idempotency-Key
string

Unique key for idempotent requests. If provided, the server ensures the request is processed at most once. Retries with the same key return the original response. SDKs auto-generate this for write requests.

Example:

"550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"

Path Parameters

machine_id
string
required

Body

application/json
command
string
required

PowerShell command to execute

same_session
boolean
default:true

Use persistent session

working_directory
string | null

Working directory for new session

session_id
string | null

Session ID to use

timeout
number | null
default:30

Maximum time in seconds to wait for command completion before returning. Cyberdriver 1.0.2+ continues one-shot commands in the background after timeout (default: 30.0)

Response

Successful Response

The response is of type Response Powershell Exec V1 Computer Machine Id Shell Powershell Exec Post · object.