$user = "user"
$pass = "test"
$secpasswd = ConvertTo-SecureString $pass -AsPlainText -Force
$credential = New-Object –TypeName "System.Management.Automation.PSCredential" –ArgumentList $user, $secpasswd
$baseUrl = "https://exampletest.azurewebsites.net"

function Get-RootWebStatus($baseUrl) {
     $KeepLooking = $true                      
     $counter = 1                               
     $RetryLimit = 5                           
     $SleepInterval = 5                        
     $StartTime = Get-Date                     
     while ($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!"
                 <# track execution time:
                 $timeTaken = Measure-Command -Expression { $site = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $baseUrl}
                 $milliseconds = $timeTaken.TotalMilliseconds
                 $milliseconds = [Math]::Round($milliseconds, 1) 
                 "This took $milliseconds ms to execute"#>
                 $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.
 $Loginpage = "https://exampletest.azurewebsites.net/sitecore"
 $params = @{uri = $Loginpage;Headers = @{Authorization = 'Basic ' + [Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes("$($user):$($secpasswd)"));
           } 
   } 
$Login = Invoke-RestMethod @params -SessionVariable lp
$LoginPage = Invoke-WebRequest @params -WebSession $lp -ContentType "application/json"
$LoginPage
$suburl1 = "https://exampletest.azurewebsites.net/sitecore/client/Applications/Launchpad"
$reply1 = Invoke-WebRequest $suburl1 -WebSession $lp
$reply1