Single Software Suggestion

Perform the following steps to send single Software Suggestion.

To send single Software Suggestion:

1.

Open preferred API client or tool to initiate the request.

2.

Proceed with software suggestion APIs using the authenticated session or token:

Request Type	Description
API	/api/suggest-software/
Method	POST
Parameters	Specify the following parameters: • email (string)= Email of the user submitting the request. • name (string)= Name of the product. • version (string)= Version of the product. • comment (string)= Additional information for the suggest software. • url (string)= The publicly accessible link. Make sure that the provided URL does not require authentication or login.
Response	{ "id": 491, "name": "Microsoft Edge", "version": "137.x", "url": "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2244048", "email": "xxxx@xxxx.com", "status": 0, "research_comment": null, "comment": "testing upload, please ignore", "created": "2025-07-23T11:45:14.313187Z", "created_by": { "id": 60, "username": "xxxxx", "account": "Flexera Main Test Account" }, "details": null, "suggestion_guid": "7b767773-67ba-11f0-badc-0294354246a7", "case_id": "500cc000008OXcZAAW", "case_number": 2993076 }

3.

After entering the above parameters, click Send to submit the request.

PowerShell Script for Single Software Suggestion

Below is a sample PowerShell script to send single Software Suggestion:

# API endpoint

$url = "https://api.app.secunia.com/api/suggest-software/"

# Replace with your actual token

$token = "xxx"

# Payload data

$payload = @{

"email" = "xxx@xxxx.com"

"name" = "product name"

"version" = "product version"

"comment" = "add comment here"

"url" = "https://www.xxxxxx.com/"

}

# Headers with authentication

$headers = @{

"Authorization" = "Token $token"

"Content-Type" = "application/json"

}

# Convert payload to JSON

$jsonPayload = $payload | ConvertTo-Json

# Make the POST request

try {

$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $url -Method Post -Headers $headers -Body $jsonPayload -ContentType "application/json"

# Print response

Write-Host "Status Code: 200" -ForegroundColor Green

Write-Host "Response:" -ForegroundColor Green

Write-Host ($response | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 10)

} catch {

Write-Host "Error occurred while uploading the file: $($_.Exception.Message)"

if ($_.Exception.Response) {

Write-Host "Response status code: $($_.Exception.Response.StatusCode.value__)"

# Check if $_.Exception.Response has a Headers property (WebException does)

if ($_.Exception.Response.Headers) {

Write-Host "Response headers: $($_.Exception.Response.Headers | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 3)" # Increase depth if needed for nested objects

}

# Check for existence of GetResponseStream before calling it

if ($_.Exception.Response.GetResponseStream) {

try {

$reader = New-Object System.IO.StreamReader($_.Exception.Response.GetResponseStream())

# Rewind the stream to the beginning if needed

if ($reader.BaseStream.CanSeek) {

$reader.BaseStream.Position = 0

}

$responseText = $reader.ReadToEnd()

Write-Host "Response content:" $responseText

}

catch {

Write-Host "Error reading response stream: $($_.Exception.Message)"

}

finally {

# Close the reader to release resources

if ($reader) {

$reader.Close()

$reader.Dispose()

}

}

}

}

else {

# Handle cases where there's no WebException.Response (e.g., network connectivity issues)

Write-Host "No specific web response available."

}

}