Rewrite types of return values

ACSrest.ps1

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ function Get-ACSUserByName {
   )
   $resturl = "/Rest/Identity/User/name/"
   $result = Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -WebSession $session -Method GET -Uri "$($acs)$($resturl)$($username)"
-  return $result.Content
+  return [xml]$result.Content
 }
 
 # Get devices that are conform with supplied filter (in XML format)
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ function Get-FilterDevicesByName {
     $header = @{"Content-type" = "application/xml"}
     $resturl = "/Rest/NetworkDevice/Device/op/query"
     $result = Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -WebSession $session -Method PUT -Uri "$($acs)$($resturl)" -Body $filter -Headers $header
-    return $result.Content
+    return [xml]$result.Content
 }
 
 # Get locations list (either all, or that match $filter)
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ function Get-AllLocations {
         $resturl = "/Rest/NetworkDevice/DeviceGroup/op/query"
         $result = Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -WebSession $session -Method PUT -Uri "$($acs)$($resturl)" -Headers $header -Body $filter
     }
-    return $result.Content
+    return [xml]$result.Content
 }
 
 # Get all devices (XML) assigned to $location and save XML to files
@@ -117,12 +117,8 @@ function Get-DevicesByLocation {
     # Query devices
     $result = Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -WebSession $session -Method PUT -Uri "$($acs)$($resturl)" -Headers $header -Body $filter
 
-    # Format result
-    $result.Content | Set-Content -Path tmp_devices.xml
-    $parsed = [xml](Get-Content tmp_devices.xml)
-    
     # Loop thru all received devices
-    $devs = Select-Xml -xml $parsed -XPath //Device
+    $devs = Select-Xml -xml $result -XPath //Device
     foreach ($dev in $devs) {
         "`t$($dev.node.id);$($dev.node.name);$($dev.node.subnets.ipAddress)" | Out-Host
     }
@@ -177,7 +173,7 @@ function Get-LocationIDByName {
     )
     $resturl = "/Rest/NetworkDevice/DeviceGroup/name/Location:$($location)"
     $result = Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -WebSession $session -Method GET -Uri "$($acs)$($resturl)"
-    return $result.Content
+    return [xml]$result.Content
 }
 
 # Find device by Name and return its XML
@@ -197,7 +193,7 @@ function Get-DeviceByName {
         "Error occured during data retrieval for $($name)" | Write-Host
         return
     }
-    return $result.Content
+    return [xml]$result.Content
 }
 
 # Delete location by its ID