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PowerShell: Invoke-WebRequest - Desktop vs Core edition
The PowerShell cmdLet
invoke-webRequest behaves differently when executed in PowerShell Desktop (aka 5.1?) or PowerShell Core (aka 7?).
The following simple script tries to demonstrate the most important differences:
set-strictMode -version 3
function check-eq {
param (
[string] $value,
[string] $expectedDesktopValue,
[string] $expectedCoreValue
)
if ($psVersionTable.psEdition -eq 'Desktop') {
if ($value -ne $expectedDesktopValue) {
write-host "Expected Desktop value was $expectedDesktopValue, but I had $value"
}
}
elseif ($psVersionTable.psEdition -eq 'Core') {
if ($value -ne $expectedCoreValue) {
write-host "Expected Core value was $expectedCoreValue, but I had $value"
}
}
}
$url = 'https://renenyffenegger.ch/'
$response = invoke-webRequest $url
$baseResponse = $response.baseResponse
$responseType = $response.GetType().FullName
$baseResponseType = $baseResponse.GetType().FullName
check-eq $responseType 'Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.HtmlWebResponseObject' 'Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.BasicHtmlWebResponseObject'
check-eq $baseResponseType 'System.Net.HttpWebResponse' 'System.Net.Http.HttpResponseMessage'