从Windows Powershell发送HTTP请求的最佳方法是什么？

Question

从Windows Powershell发送HTTP请求的最佳方法是什么？

Answer 1

Found one way:

$page = (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString("http://localhost/")

Thanks to Steven Murawski for his comment:

The best way really depends on what task you are trying to accomplish as the two answers below have noted. WebClient is the simplest, but HttpWebRequest is the most flexible.

Answer 2

在PowerShell 3.0+中，您可以使用Invoke-WebRequest

$page = Invoke-WebRequest "http://localhost/"

Answer 3

System.Net.WebClient is the easiest way to do it for simple GET request. However if you need to do a POST request for a form then you will need to use System.Net.HttpWebRequest.