September 25th, 2012

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Send a Web Request

Doctor Scripto
Doctor Scripto
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Summary: Use the Invoke-WebRequest Windows PowerShell cmdlet to easily send a web request.

 

Hey, Scripting Guy! Question How can you easily send an HTTP or HTTPS request to a web service by using Windows PowerShell 3.0?

Hey, Scripting Guy! Answer Use the Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet. For example, the following code returns links from the Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog.

(Invoke-WebRequest scriptingguys.com/blog).links

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Scripting
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PowerShell 3PowerTipScripting Guy!Windows PowerShell

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