Useful Powershell Snippets

utils.ps1

# Use this one to load this snippet :-)
function Invoke-URLContent ($url) {
  (New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadString($url) | Invoke-Expression
}

function Get-URLContent ($url, $path) {
  if (!$path) {
    $path = Join-Path $pwd.Path ([URI]$url).Segments[-1]
  }
  (New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile($url, $path)
}

# Need to run this once if your connection needs proxy authentication
function Set-ProxyAuthentication {
  $wc = New-Object Net.WebClient
  $wc.UseDefaultCredentials = $true
  $wc.Proxy.Credentials = $wc.Credentials
}