PowerShell – REST Client with Basic Authentication

First listed source code is without authentication, whereas the second is with basic authentication

param (
	[Parameter( Mandatory=$true)]
	[string]$Address
)
clear
function Get-MAC() {
    param($Address)
    begin {
        $APIURL = "http://<URL>/address.xml?&search="
        $resource = "$($APIURL)$($Address)"

        $mac = Invoke-RestMethod -URI $resource -Method Get
        $hash = @{
            Status_Code = $mac.Response.Status_Code
            Company_Name = $mac.Response.Company_Name
            MAC_Address = $mac.Response.MAC_Address
        }
        $result = New-Object PSObject -Property $hash | Format-Table Company_Name -AutoSize
        return $result
    }
}
Get-MAC($Address)

param (
	[Parameter( Mandatory=$true)]
	[string]$Address
)
clear
function Get-MAC() {
    param($Address)
    begin {
        $APIURL = "http://<URL>/address.xml?&search="
        $resource = "$($APIURL)$($Address)"

        $username="Username"
        $password="Password"
      
        $mac = Invoke-RestMethod -URI $resource  -Headers @{"Authorization" = "Basic "+[System.Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($username+":"+$password ))} -Method Get
        $hash = @{
            Status_Code = $mac.Response.Status_Code
            Company_Name = $mac.Response.Company_Name
            MAC_Address = $mac.Response.MAC_Address
        }
        $result = New-Object PSObject -Property $hash | Format-Table Company_Name -AutoSize
        return $result
    }
}
Get-MAC($Address)

GitHub: https://gist.github.com/dkittell/65890843f6224e45bb4e