Simple Web Requests in PowerShell

gistfile1.ps1

# Ignore any SSL certificate errors
[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::ServerCertificateValidationCallback = {$true}

(New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile("http://example.com/myfile.txt", "C:\myfile.txt")

gistfile2.ps1

# Ignore any SSL certificate errors
[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::ServerCertificateValidationCallback = {$true}

(New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString("http://example.com/get_test_response")