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Performs an HTTP GET for a supplied URL, optionally using a supplied hostname and also optionally returning the HTTP statuscode as opposed to response content
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function Get-Url{ | |
<# | |
.SYNOPSIS | |
Performs an HTTP GET for a supplied URL | |
.DESCRIPTION | |
Performs an HTTP GET for a supplied URL, optionally using a supplied hostname and also optionally returning the HTTP statuscode as opposed to response content | |
.NOTES | |
Requirements: Copy this module to any location found in $env:PSModulePath | |
.PARAMETER url | |
Required. The URL to GET | |
.PARAMETER hostName | |
Optional. The hostname to use in the HttpWebRequest | |
.PARAMETER returnStatusCodeOnly | |
Optional. Set to $true to just return the HTTP statuscode. By default this is $false and the response content is returned | |
.EXAMPLE | |
Import-Module Get-Url | |
Import the module | |
.EXAMPLE | |
Get-Command -Module Get-Url | |
List available functions | |
.EXAMPLE | |
Get-Url -url "http://google.com" | |
Execute the module | |
#> | |
[cmdletbinding()] | |
Param( | |
[Parameter( | |
Position = 0, | |
Mandatory = $True )] | |
[string]$url, | |
[Parameter( | |
Position = 1, | |
Mandatory = $False )] | |
[string]$hostName, | |
[Parameter( | |
Position = 2, | |
Mandatory = $False )] | |
[boolean]$returnStatusCodeOnly | |
) | |
Begin { | |
$DebugPreference = "Continue" | |
} | |
Process { | |
Try | |
{ | |
Write-Debug "url: $url" | |
Write-Debug "hostName: $hostName" | |
$request = [System.Net.HttpWebRequest]::Create($url); | |
#$request.Timeout = $timeout; | |
if ($hostName -ne "") | |
{ | |
$request.Host = $hostName | |
} | |
$response = $request.GetResponse(); | |
if ($returnStatusCodeOnly -eq $True) | |
{ | |
return [int][System.Net.HttpStatusCode]$response.StatusCode | |
} else { | |
$reader = new-object System.IO.StreamReader($response.GetResponseStream()); | |
$text = $reader.ReadToEnd(); | |
$reader.Close(); | |
return $text; | |
} | |
} | |
catch [Exception] { | |
throw "Error: W`r`n $_.Exception.ToString()" | |
} | |
} | |
} |
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