Powershell Script to download a file from HTTPS website using

Question

I need to download a file daily from a website where date will passed. I tried using following code -

$url = "https://www.theocc.com/webapps/threshold-securities?reportDate=20190730"
$output = "C:\Users\Himanshu.Vats\Downloads\"
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile $output

But it is giving error -

Invoke-WebRequest : The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send. At line:3 char:1 + Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile $output + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (System.Net.HttpWebRequest:HttpWebRequest) [Invoke-WebRequest], WebException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebCmdletWebResponseException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeWebRequestCommand

Answer 1

It's because your path is not a path file (you have a '\\' to end path)

try this:

$url = "https://www.theocc.com/webapps/threshold-securities?reportDate=20190730"
$output = "C:\Users\Himanshu.Vats\Downloads\result.csv"
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile $output