Running GAM commands from Powershell WinForms

[Nick M.]

Hey Group,

I'm working on creating a single page form using powershell to create a user and assign that user to groups on our Gsuite domain using GAM.  Our usernames consist of Firstname.Lastname.  The problem is that GAM is not liking the input variables.  Here's a snippet of the code I'm working with.

Function button2_RunOnClick()
{
    pushd F:\Gam
    #gam create user $textBox1'.'$textBox2 firstname $textBox1 lastname "$textBox2" password "RunForestRun!" changepassword off
    if ($checkBox1.Checked) {gam update group test...@mydomain.edu add member user $textBox1'.'$text...@mydomain.edu}
}

If I change the variables to the username Bubba.Gump I can get it to add the group to the user.  If I leave the variables I receive the error.

gam :  adding member System.Windows.Forms.TextBox, Text: Bubba.System.Windows.Forms.TextBox, Text: Gu...@mydomain.edu...
At F:\GAM\NewEmployeeGmail1.ps1:165 char:30
+ ... 1.Checked) {gam update group test...@mydomain.edu add member u ...
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: ( adding member ...rcollege.edu...:String) [], RemoteException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError
 
ERROR: 400: Invalid Input: memberKey - invalid

[Ross Scroggs]

Nick,

PowerShell is strange about quoting, try:

    if ($checkBox1.Checked) {gam update group test...@mydomain.edu add member user """$textBox1.$textBox2@mydomain.edu"""}

Triple double quotes are magic.

Ross

On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 8:15 AM, Nick M. <nick.m...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey Group,

I'm working on creating a single page form using powershell to create a user and assign that user to groups on our Gsuite domain using GAM.  Our usernames consist of Firstname.Lastname.  The problem is that GAM is not liking the input variables.  Here's a snippet of the code I'm working with.

Function button2_RunOnClick()
{
    pushd F:\Gam
    #gam create user $textBox1'.'$textBox2 firstname $textBox1 lastname "$textBox2" password "RunForestRun!" changepassword off

    if ($checkBox1.Checked) {gam update group test...@mydomain.edu add member user $textBox1'.'$textBox2@mydomain.edu}

}

If I change the variables to the username Bubba.Gump I can get it to add the group to the user.  If I leave the variables I receive the error.

gam :  adding member System.Windows.Forms.TextBox, Text: Bubba.System.Windows.Forms.TextBox, Text: Gu...@mydomain.edu...
At F:\GAM\NewEmployeeGmail1.ps1:165 char:30
+ ... 1.Checked) {gam update group test...@mydomain.edu add member u ...
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: ( adding member ...rcollege.edu...:String) [], RemoteException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError
 
ERROR: 400: Invalid Input: memberKey - invalid

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[Nick M.]

Ross,

No luck.  Tried the triple double quotes and I get that same 400 error.

Nick

On Friday, August 11, 2017 at 9:37:42 AM UTC-6, Ross Scroggs wrote:

Nick,

PowerShell is strange about quoting, try:

    if ($checkBox1.Checked) {gam update group test...@mydomain.edu add member user """$textBox1.$text...@mydomain.edu"""}

Triple double quotes are magic.

Ross

On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 8:15 AM, Nick M. <nick.m...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey Group,

I'm working on creating a single page form using powershell to create a user and assign that user to groups on our Gsuite domain using GAM.  Our usernames consist of Firstname.Lastname.  The problem is that GAM is not liking the input variables.  Here's a snippet of the code I'm working with.

Function button2_RunOnClick()
{
    pushd F:\Gam
    #gam create user $textBox1'.'$textBox2 firstname $textBox1 lastname "$textBox2" password "RunForestRun!" changepassword off

    if ($checkBox1.Checked) {gam update group test...@mydomain.edu add member user $textBox1'.'$text...@mydomain.edu}

}

If I change the variables to the username Bubba.Gump I can get it to add the group to the user.  If I leave the variables I receive the error.

gam :  adding member System.Windows.Forms.TextBox, Text: Bubba.System.Windows.Forms.TextBox, Text: Gu...@mydomain.edu...
At F:\GAM\NewEmployeeGmail1.ps1:165 char:30
+ ... 1.Checked) {gam update group test...@mydomain.edu add member u ...
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: ( adding member ...rcollege.edu...:String) [], RemoteException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError
 
ERROR: 400: Invalid Input: memberKey - invalid

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[Nick M.]

Worked with Ross over the phone and we figured out the issue.

Function button2_RunOnClick()
{
    pushd F:\Gam

    gam create user ($textBox1.Text+"."+$textBox2.Text+"@mydomain.edu") firstname $textBox1.text lastname "$textBox2.text" password "RunForestRun!" changepassword off
    if ($checkBox1.Checked) {gam update group test...@mydomain.edu add member user ($textBox1.Text+"."+$textBox2.Text+"@mydomain.edu")}
}

I'm still getting a generic error but everything creates. 

Thanks Ross for going the extra mile on this one!