$user = "testuser"
  $pass = "testpassword"
  $baseUrl = "https://test.cloudapp.azure.com"
  
  function Get-RootWebStatus($baseUrl) {
     $KeepLooking = $true                       # Should we continue to retry?
     $counter = 1                               # How many times we've tried
     $RetryLimit = 5                            # Max number of retries 
     $SleepInterval = 5                         # How long to sleep between retries 
     $StartTime = Get-Date                      # When we started 
     while ($KeepLooking) {
         write-output "$(Get-Date -format 'g') - Querying $baseUrl to see if available."
         try { 
             $response = Invoke-WebRequest $baseUrl 
             write-output "$(Get-Date -format 'g') - Web request status: $($Response.Statuscode)"
             if ($Response.Statuscode -eq 200) {
                 write-output "$(Get-Date -format 'g') - Web site is alive!"
                 $KeepLooking = $false
                 continue 
             }
         } 
         catch { 
             write-output "$(Get-Date -format 'g') - Error! $($_.Exception.Message)"      
         }
      -  $counter++  | Out-Null
         if ($counter -gt $RetryLimit) {
             write-output "$(Get-Date -format 'g') - RetryLimit exceeded. Giving up.."
             $KeepLooking = $false
             continue
         }
         start-sleep $SleepInterval 
     }
     write-output "$(Get-Date -format 'g') - Execution time was $((New-TimeSpan -start $StartTime -end (Get-Date)).seconds) seconds"  
 }  
          
 Get-RootWebStatus $baseUrl # Base Url status is completed, Once it is passed, it should check for the login credentials.
 $suburl = Get-Content -Raw -Path "C:\pipelinetask\suburl.json" | ConvertFrom-Json # calling the login url from Json file (/sitecore/login)
 $Loginpage = $baseUrl+$suburl.Login.url
 $credential = New-Object –TypeName "System.Management.Automation.PSCredential" –ArgumentList $user, $pass
 Write-Host "Login page Url is $Loginpage"
 $base64AuthInfo = [Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes(("{0}:{1}" -f $user, $pass)))
 $reply = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Uri $Loginpage -Headers @{Authorization = "Basic $base64AuthInfo" } -Credential $credential -ContentType "application/json"
 $reply