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Invoke-WebRequest — Perform a HTTP/HTTPS request to the Web. Note: This command can only be used through PowerShell. Mor

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Problem

How to use the Invoke-WebRequest command: Perform a HTTP/HTTPS request to the Web. Note: This command can only be used through PowerShell. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/invoke-webrequest>.

Solution

Invoke-WebRequest — Perform a HTTP/HTTPS request to the Web. Note: This command can only be used through PowerShell. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/invoke-webrequest>.

Download the contents of a URL to a file:

Invoke-WebRequest {{http://example.com}} -OutFile {{path\to\file}}

Only return raw HTML data instead of parsing it under Internet Explorer (PowerShell 3.0-5.1 only):

Invoke-WebRequest {{http://example.com}} -UseBasicParsing

Send form-encoded data (POST request of type application/x-www-form-urlencoded):

Invoke-WebRequest -Method Post -Body @{ name='bob' } {{http://example.com/form}}

Send a request with an extra header, using a custom HTTP method:

Invoke-WebRequest -Headers {{@{ X-My-Header = '123' }}} -Method {{PUT}} {{http://example.com}}

Send data in JSON format, specifying the appropriate content-type header:

Invoke-WebRequest -Body '{{{"name":"bob"}}}' -ContentType 'application/json' {{http://example.com/users/1234}}

Pass a username and password for server authentication:

Invoke-WebRequest -Headers @{ Authorization = "Basic "+ [System.Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes("myusername:mypassword")) } {{http://example.com}}

Code Snippets

Download the contents of a URL to a file

Invoke-WebRequest {{http://example.com}} -OutFile {{path\to\file}}

Only return raw HTML data instead of parsing it under Internet Explorer (PowerShell 3.0-5.1 only)

Invoke-WebRequest {{http://example.com}} -UseBasicParsing

Send form-encoded data (POST request of type `application/x-www-form-urlencoded`)

Invoke-WebRequest -Method Post -Body @{ name='bob' } {{http://example.com/form}}

Send a request with an extra header, using a custom HTTP method

Invoke-WebRequest -Headers {{@{ X-My-Header = '123' }}} -Method {{PUT}} {{http://example.com}}

Send data in JSON format, specifying the appropriate content-type header

Invoke-WebRequest -Body '{{{"name":"bob"}}}' -ContentType 'application/json' {{http://example.com/users/1234}}

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