Private/Invoke-SystemNetRequest.ps1
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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, [Parameter()] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [System.Int32] $MaximumRedirection = 3 ) try { Write-Verbose -Message "$($MyInvocation.MyCommand): Attempting to resolve: $Uri." $httpWebRequest = [System.Net.WebRequest]::Create($Uri) $httpWebRequest.MaximumAutomaticRedirections = $MaximumRedirection $httpWebRequest.AllowAutoRedirect = $true $httpWebRequest.UseDefaultCredentials = $true $webResponse = $httpWebRequest.GetResponse() $responseStream = $webResponse.GetResponseStream() $streamReader = New-Object -TypeName "System.IO.StreamReader" $responseStream $result = $streamReader.ReadToEnd() Write-Output -InputObject $result } catch [System.Exception] { Write-Warning -Message "$($MyInvocation.MyCommand): Error at URI: $Uri." Write-Warning -Message "$($MyInvocation.MyCommand): Response: $($_)." Write-Warning -Message "$($MyInvocation.MyCommand): For troubleshooting steps see: $($script:resourceStrings.Uri.Info)." Write-Error -Message "$($MyInvocation.MyCommand): $($_.Exception.Message)." } finally { $webResponse.Dispose() } } |