Private/Invoke-SystemNetRequest.ps1
Function Invoke-SystemNetRequest { <# .SYNOPSIS Uses System.Net.WebRequest to make a HTTP request and returns the response. #> [OutputType([System.String])] [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess = $False)] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $True, Position = 0)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [System.String] $Uri ) Try { $httpWebRequest = [System.Net.WebRequest]::Create($Uri) $httpWebRequest.MaximumAutomaticRedirections = 3 $httpWebRequest.AllowAutoRedirect = $true $webResponse = $httpWebRequest.GetResponse() $responseStream = $webResponse.GetResponseStream() $streamReader = New-Object -TypeName "System.IO.StreamReader" $responseStream $result = $streamReader.ReadToEnd() Write-Output -InputObject $result } Catch [System.Exception] { Write-Verbose -Message "$($MyInvocation.MyCommand): Response: $($webResponse.StatusCode) - $($webResponse.StatusDescription)" Throw "$($MyInvocation.MyCommand): $($_.Exception.Message)." } Finally { $webResponse.Dispose() } } |