Here’s a script to trigger an EDX task from Powershell. As it is, you will need to change QVSERVER to match your server name. The script can then be run from the command line by passing the task name and EDX password as parameters.

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param($taskName,$taskEDXPassword)

function QVPOST([string]$updateurl, [string]$text)
{
     $result = $null
     [System.Net.HttpWebRequest] $request = [System.Net.HttpWebRequest] [System.Net.WebRequest]::Create($updateurl)
     $request.UseDefaultCredentials = $true
     $request.Method = "POST"
     $request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
     $request.ContentLength = $text.Length

     [System.IO.StreamWriter] $stOut = new-object System.IO.StreamWriter($request.GetRequestStream(), [System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII)
     $stOut.Write($text)
     $stOut.Close()

     [System.Net.HttpWebResponse] $response = [System.Net.HttpWebResponse] $request.GetResponse()
     if ($response.StatusCode -ne 200)
     {
           $result = "Error : " + $response.StatusCode + " : " + $response.StatusDescription
     }
     else
     {
           $sr = New-Object System.IO.StreamReader($response.GetResponseStream())
           $result = $sr.ReadToEnd()
     }

     return $result
}

1$response = 1(QVPOST "http://QVSERVER:4720/qtxs.asmx" "<Global method=`"GetTimeLimitedRequestKey`" />")
$requestKey = $response.GetTimeLimitedRequestKey.GetTimeLimitedRequestKeyResult

$taskEDXRequest=@"
<Global method="RequestEDX" key="$($requestKey)">
<i_TaskIDOrTaskName>$($taskName)</i_TaskIDOrTaskName>
<i_Password>$($taskEDXPassword)</i_Password>
<i_VariableName />
<i_VariableValueList />
</Global>
"@

$response = QVPOST "http://QVSERVER:4720/qtxs.asmx" $taskEDXRequest
echo $response.RequestEDX.RequestEDXResult