To invoke the Admin API with PowerShell in the Ory Network, you need to set up your environment variables and use the Invoke-RestMethod cmdlet to send a request to the API. First, set up your environment variable for the Ory SDK URL:

powershell $Env:ORY_SDK_URL = "https://$<http://PROJECT_SLUG.projects.oryapis.com|PROJECT_SLUG.projects.oryapis.com>"

Replace

$PROJECT_SLUG

with your project's slug. Then, use the Invoke-RestMethod cmdlet to send a request to the API. For example, to create a new user account, you can use the following command:

powershell Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "$Env:ORY_SDK_URL/admin/identities" -Method Post -Headers @{"Authorization" = "Bearer $API_KEY"; "Content-Type" = "application/json"} -Body '{"schema_id": "<preset://email>", "traits": { "email": "$USER_EMAIL_ADDRESS" }}'

Replace

$API_KEY

with your API key and

$USER_EMAIL_ADDRESS

with the email address of the user you want to create. Remember, you need an API Key to call these endpoints. You can create API Keys in the Ory Console by following these steps: 1. Go to Project settings → API Keys in the [Ory Console](https://console.ory.sh/projects/current/developers). 2. Click Create new API key 3. Enter the API Key name and click Create 4. Copy the created API Key The API Key you created is displayed only once. When you close the prompt, you can't access the key again. Make sure to save the API Key before you close the prompt or reload the page. Sources: - [Setting up environment variables](https://www.ory.sh/docs/getting-started/integrate-auth/expressjs#run-your-expressjs-app) - [Creating a new user account](https://www.ory.sh/docs/kratos/manage-identities/invite-users#procedure) - [Creating API Keys](https://www.ory.sh/docs/concepts/personal-access-token#authorizing-ory-network-project-admin-apis)

To query a list of all identities, you can use the Ory or Kratos API or CLI. Using the API: You can use the

GET /admin/identities

endpoint to list all identities in the system. Here is an example of how to use this endpoint with curl:

bash curl -X GET "<https://your-ory-instance.com/admin/identities>"

Replace

<https://your-ory-instance.com>

with the URL of your Ory instance. Using the CLI: You can use the

ory list identities

or

kratos list identities

command to list all identities. Here is an example of how to use this command:

bash ory list identities --page-size 100 --consistency eventual

or

bash kratos list identities --page-size 100 --consistency eventual

This command will return a list of identities. The

--page-size

option specifies the maximum number of items to return, and the

--consistency

option specifies the read consistency to use. Sources: - [Ory API Reference](https://www.ory.sh/docs/reference/api) - [Kratos API Reference](https://www.ory.sh/docs/kratos/reference/api) - [Ory CLI Documentation](https://www.ory.sh/docs/cli/ory-list-identities#ory-list-identities) - [Kratos CLI Documentation](https://www.ory.sh/docs/kratos/cli/kratos-list-identities#kratos-list-identities)

In Next.js, you can use the Ory SDK to check if a user's session is active by calling the

toSession()

method. If the user's session is no longer active, the

toSession()

method will throw an error, which you can catch and handle accordingly. Here is an example of how you can do this:

jsx import { Configuration, FrontendApi, Session } from "@ory/client" import { useEffect, useState } from "react" import { useRouter } from "next/router"  const ory = new FrontendApi(new Configuration(edgeConfig))  export default function Home() {   const router = useRouter()   const [session, setSession] = useState<Session | undefined>()    useEffect(() => {     ory       .toSession()       .then(({ data }) => {         // User has a session!         setSession(data)       })       .catch(() => {         // Redirect to login page         return router.push(edgeConfig.basePath + "/ui/login")       })   }, [router])    if (!session) {     // Still loading     return null   }    // Rest of your component }

In this example, the

useEffect

hook is used to call the

toSession()

method when the component mounts. If the user has an active session, the session data is stored in the

session

state variable. If the user does not have an active session, the user is redirected to the login page. Please note that you need to replace

edgeConfig

with your actual configuration. Source: [Getting-started > Integrate-auth > Integrate authentication into Next.js > Create Next.js app > Require login to access the home page Part 1](https://www.ory.sh/docs/getting-started/integrate-auth/nextjs#require-login-to-access-the-home-page)