This should show you how you can download a file with Powershell. This is not a script or function you should use. It just is the the easyiest way to download a file with Powershell. If I have enough time I will create a function for downloading files.
$Url = "https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/ps.txt" $Path = "C:\temp\ps.txt" $Username = "" $Password = "" $WebClient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient $WebClient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.Networkcredential($Username, $Password) $WebClient.DownloadFile( $url, $path )
It didn’t run for me.
Here is what I got:
\PS C:\Users\emiller> $Url = “https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/ps.txt”
$Path = “C:\temp\ps.txt”
$Username = “”
$Password = “”
$WebClient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$WebClient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.Networkcredential($Username, $Password)
$WebClient.DownloadFile( $url, $path )
Exception calling “DownloadFile” with “2” argument(s): “The remote server returned an error: (407) Proxy Authentication Required
.”
At line:8 char:24
+ $WebClient.DownloadFile <<<< ( $url, $path )
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DotNetMethodException
Hai,
I am getting below error, Can you please help me?
$WebClient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$WebClient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.Networkcredential($Username, $Password)
$WebClient.DownloadFile( “$url”, “$path” )
Exception calling “DownloadFile” with “2” argument(s): “An exception occurred during a WebClient request.”
At line:9 char:1
+ $WebClient.DownloadFile( “$url”, “$path” )
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebException
You’re getting errors because you initialized the variables as $Url and $Path but then below you wrote $url and $path (notice the missing capitol letters)
should work once you fix that.
Thanks for your anwser I will check that
Command is working fine with windows server 2012 (powershell 4.0) is not working with windows 8 (powershell 4.0) for same.
I want to download file from iis-server.
(New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile(‘http://server12/vdir/v.exe’,’C:\pqr.exe’)
I tried this. It worked fine for me in server 2012, but in windows 8 it gave me method invocation error
Exception calling “DownloadFile” with “2” argument(s): “An exception occurred during a WebClient request.
Script worked great.
Thanks Thomas
New-Object : Cannot find type [System.Net.WebClient]: verify that the assembly containing this type is loaded.
At /home/dadaso/Desktop/fileupload.ps1:13 char:14
+ $webclient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidType: (:) [New-Object], PSArgumentException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : TypeNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewObjectCommand
The property ‘Credentials’ cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists and can be set.
At /home/dadaso/Desktop/fileupload.ps1:14 char:1
+ $webclient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($use …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyNotFound
You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At /home/dadaso/Desktop/fileupload.ps1:15 char:1
+ $WebClient.DownloadFile( $url, $path )
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull
This like many other examples will work fine but what about multiple files where
a) you do not have to name these files
b) point to a url and pull from there?
How do I use the Windows Logon Credentials or Single Sign on of gmail ?
Please help
Thanks in advance
Currently, I am prompting for the credentials. But we want to use the Single-Signon or the Windows Logon credentials
Below is my code:
#define the URL and credentials#
$Url = “MY_URL”
$Path_URL = “MY_PATH”
$Username = Read-Host “Enter Your Email Address for Cylance Login:”
$Password = Read-Host “Enter your Password:” -AsSecureString -ConvertTo-SecureString
Write-Host “`n `n Succesfully Logged in `n `n”
#Download#
$WebClient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$WebClient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.Networkcredential($Username, $Password)
$WebClient.DownloadFile( $url, $Path_URL )
Exception calling “DownloadFile” with “2” argument(s): “An exception occurred during a WebClient request.”
At line:7 char:5
+ $WebClient.DownloadFile($Url, $Path)
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebException
Getting this error
using windows 10 and windows poweshell ISE