Invoke-webrequest With Cookie

invokeWithCookie.ps1

  
  $downloadToPath = "c:\somewhere\on\disk\file.zip"
  $remoteFileLocation = "http://somewhere/on/the/internet"
  
  $session = New-Object Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WebRequestSession
    
  $cookie = New-Object System.Net.Cookie 
    
  $cookie.Name = "cookieName"
  $cookie.Value = "valueOfCookie"
  $cookie.Domain = "domain.for.cookie.com"

  $session.Cookies.Add($cookie);

  Invoke-WebRequest $remoteFileLocation -WebSession $session -TimeoutSec 900 -OutFile $downloadToPath

Here is a snippet using the code above to read cookies from a netscape formatted cookies.txt file and insert them into the webrequest

if(Test-Path .\cookies.txt -PathType Leaf)
{

  
    $downloadToPath = "c:\somewhere\on\disk\file.zip"
    $remoteFileLocation = "http://somewhere/on/the/internet"
  

    $session = New-Object Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WebRequestSession

    foreach($line in Get-Content .\cookies.txt) {
        if(!$line.StartsWith("#")){
        
            $split = $line.Split("`t")
                    
            $cookie = New-Object System.Net.Cookie 
    
            $cookie.Name = $split[5]
            $cookie.Value = $split[6]
            $cookie.Domain = $split[0]

            $session.Cookies.Add($cookie);

        }
    }

    Invoke-WebRequest $remoteFileLocation -WebSession $session -TimeoutSec 900 -OutFile $downloadToPath
}

What an excellent example, appreciate it!