Posting a feed to Google Search Appliance (GSA) from PowerShell

PowerShell code to submit a feed to Google Search Appliance:

$dataSource = "MyFeed" # replace this with your datasource name
$gsaUrl = "http://testsearch.example.com:19900/xmlfeed"; # replace this with your GSA URL

$xml = @"
$dataSource incremental
"@
   
Write-Output "Submitting feed to $gsaUrl."

$body = "feedtype=metadata-and-url&datasource=$dataSource&data=$xml"
$contentType = "multipart/form-data"
$length = $body.Length

Write-Output "Posting feed to GSA:"
Write-Output $xml

$r=Invoke-WebRequest -uri $gsaUrl -method POST -body $body -ContentType $contentType -UserAgent "Ps-GsaFeedSubmitter"

See also Feeds Protocol Developer’s Guide