private/Get-RemoteString.ps1
<# .SYNOPSIS Download the content from url using specified proxy settings. .DESCRIPTION Helper function to Download the content from a url using specified proxy settings. .PARAMETER url URL of the file to download. .PARAMETER file File path and name to save the downloaded file to. .PARAMETER ProxyLocation Proxy uri to use for the download. .PARAMETER ProxyCredential Credential to use for authenticating to the proxy. By default it will try to load cached credentials. .PARAMETER IgnoreProxy Bypass the proxy for this request. .EXAMPLE Get-RemoteString -Url https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1 #> function Get-RemoteString { [CmdletBinding()] param ( [string]$url, [uri] $ProxyLocation, [pscredential] $ProxyCredential, # To bypass the use of any proxy, please set IgnoreProxy [switch] $IgnoreProxy ) Write-Debug "Downloading string from $url" $downloaderParams = @{} $KeysForDownloader = $PSBoundParameters.keys | Where-Object { $_ -notin @()} foreach ($key in $KeysForDownloader ) { Write-Debug "`tWith $key :: $($PSBoundParameters[$key])" $null = $downloaderParams.Add($key,$PSBoundParameters[$key]) } $downloader = Get-Downloader @downloaderParams return $downloader.DownloadString($url) } |