How to make an authenticated web request in Powershell

Question

In C   I might do something like this   System Net WebClient w   new System Net WebClient    w Credentials   new System Net NetworkCredential username  auth  domain   string webpage   w DownloadString url     Is there a Powershell version of this  or should I just call through to the CLR

User · Answer

For those that need Powershell to return additional information like the Http StatusCode, here's an example. Included are the two most likely ways to pass in credentials.

Its a slightly modified version of this SO answer:
How to obtain numeric HTTP status codes in PowerShell

$req = [system.Net.WebRequest]::Create($url)
# method 1 $req.UseDefaultCredentials = $true
# method 2 $req.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($username, $pwd, $domain); 
try
{
    $res = $req.GetResponse()
}
catch [System.Net.WebException]
{
    $res = $_.Exception.Response
}

$int = [int]$res.StatusCode
$status = $res.StatusCode
return "$int $status"

User · Answer

The PowerShell is almost exactly the same    webclient   new-object System Net WebClient  webclient Credentials   new-object System Net NetworkCredential  username   password   domain   webpage    webclient DownloadString  url

User · Answer

In some case NTLM authentication still won t work if given the correct credential   There s a mechanism which will void NTLM auth within WebClient  see here for more information  System Net WebClient doesn  39 t work with Windows Authentication  If you re trying above answer and it s still not working  follow the above link to add registry to make the domain whitelisted   Post this here to save other s time

User · Answer

The PowerShell is almost exactly the same    webclient   new-object System Net WebClient  webclient Credentials   new-object System Net NetworkCredential  username   password   domain   webpage    webclient DownloadString  url

User · Answer

The PowerShell is almost exactly the same    webclient   new-object System Net WebClient  webclient Credentials   new-object System Net NetworkCredential  username   password   domain   webpage    webclient DownloadString  url

User · Answer

In some case NTLM authentication still won t work if given the correct credential   There s a mechanism which will void NTLM auth within WebClient  see here for more information  System Net WebClient doesn  39 t work with Windows Authentication  If you re trying above answer and it s still not working  follow the above link to add registry to make the domain whitelisted   Post this here to save other s time

User · Answer

The PowerShell is almost exactly the same    webclient   new-object System Net WebClient  webclient Credentials   new-object System Net NetworkCredential  username   password   domain   webpage    webclient DownloadString  url

User · Answer

For those that need Powershell to return additional information like the Http StatusCode, here's an example. Included are the two most likely ways to pass in credentials.

Its a slightly modified version of this SO answer:
How to obtain numeric HTTP status codes in PowerShell

$req = [system.Net.WebRequest]::Create($url)
# method 1 $req.UseDefaultCredentials = $true
# method 2 $req.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($username, $pwd, $domain); 
try
{
    $res = $req.GetResponse()
}
catch [System.Net.WebException]
{
    $res = $_.Exception.Response
}

$int = [int]$res.StatusCode
$status = $res.StatusCode
return "$int $status"

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