(PowerShell) HTTP Download any Type of File (binary or text)

The Download method may be called to download any type of file. It may be a binary file such as a .zip, .pdf, etc., or it may be text (.xml, .txt, etc.). There is no distinction. The Download method downloads the file from the web server and streams it to a file byte-for-byte exactly as received. Any web page may be downloaded in the same fashion. Passing a URL for a page that would normally be viewed in a browser would simply download to a file the HTML delivered by the web server.

SSL/TLS connections are fully supported by simply specifying a URL that begins with "https://".

Chilkat .NET Downloads Chilkat .NET Assemblies

Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http

# Download a .zip
$localFilePath = "/temp/hamlet.zip"
$success = $http.Download("http://www.chilkatsoft.com/hamlet.zip",$localFilePath)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Download an XML file:
# To download using SSL/TLS, simply use "https://" in the URL.
$localFilePath = "/temp/hamlet.xml"
$success = $http.Download("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/hamlet.xml",$localFilePath)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("OK!")