FEATURE: Adding -DisableTextMarkdown switch to Send-TeamsMessage.

Private/Add-TeamsBody.ps1

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
         [string] $MessageText,
         [string] $MessageSummary,
         [System.Collections.IDictionary[]] $Sections,
-        [switch] $HideOriginalBody
+        [switch] $HideOriginalBody,
+        [switch] $DisableTextMarkdown
     )
 
     $Body = [ordered] @{
@@ -33,5 +34,9 @@
     if ($MessageText -ne '') {
         $Body.text = $MessageText
     }
+    if ($DisableTextMarkdown.IsPresent) {
+        $Body = Disable-TextMarkdown -InputObject $Body
+    }
+
     return $Body | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 6
 }

Private/Disable-TextMarkdown.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+function Disable-TextMarkdown() {
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    Param(
+        $InputObject
+    )
+
+    $ReturnBody = [ordered] @{}
+    $InputObject | Foreach-Object {
+        $Object = $_
+        $Keys = $Object.Keys
+        $Keys | Foreach-Object {
+            $Key = $_
+            if ($Key -eq 'sections') {
+                $ReturnBody.sections = @(
+                    $Object.$Key | Foreach-Object {
+                        $Section = $_
+                        $SectionKeys = $Section.Keys
+                        Foreach ($Item in $SectionKeys.Clone()) {
+                            Switch($Item.ToLower().Contains('text')) {
+                                $true {
+                                    $Section."$Item" = Invoke-EscapeMarkdownCharacter -InputString $Section."$Item"
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                        $Section
+                    }
+                )
+            } else {
+                $ReturnBody.$Key = $Object.$Key
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    $ReturnBody
+}

Private/Invoke-EscapeMarkdownCharacters.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+function Invoke-EscapeMarkdownCharacter() {
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    Param(
+        [char[]]$MarkdownChar = @('`','*','_','{','}','[',']','(',')','#','+','-','.','!'),
+
+        [Parameter(Mandatory)]
+        [System.String] $InputString
+    )
+
+    Process {
+        $MarkdownChar | Foreach-Object {
+            $EscapeMe = $_.ToString()
+            $InputString = $InputString.ToString().Replace($EscapeMe,"\$EscapeMe")
+        }
+        $InputString
+    }
+}

Public/Send-TeamsMessage.ps1

@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ function Send-TeamsMessage {
         [string]$Color,
         [switch]$HideOriginalBody,
         [System.Collections.IDictionary[]]$Sections,
-        [alias('Supress')][bool] $Suppress = $true
+        [alias('Supress')][bool] $Suppress = $true,
+        [switch]$DisableTextMarkdown
     )
     if ($SectionsInput) {
         $Output = & $SectionsInput
@@ -32,7 +33,8 @@ function Send-TeamsMessage {
         -ThemeColor $ThemeColor `
         -Sections $Output `
         -MessageSummary $MessageSummary `
-        -HideOriginalBody:$HideOriginalBody.IsPresent
+        -HideOriginalBody:$HideOriginalBody.IsPresent `
+        -DisableTextMarkdown:$DisableTextMarkdown.IsPresent
     Write-Verbose "Send-TeamsMessage - Body $Body"
     try {
         $Execute = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $Uri -Method Post -Body $Body -ContentType 'application/json; charset=UTF-8' -ErrorAction Stop