How do I download a remote file via an API that also expects an auth Token?
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$DownloadedFile = "C:\tmp\filename.zip";
$Url = "https://path/"
$TOKEN = "supers3crettoken"
$headers = @{
'Accept' = 'application/octet-stream';
Authorization = "Bearer $TOKEN";
};
Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Uri $Url -Headers $headers -Outfile $DownloadedFile
Alternative: use .NET WebClient
A faster way is to use the .NET WebClient instead of Invoke-Webrequest for downloading files.
I don’t remember where I read that Invoke-Webrequest copies all of the data into memory before writing it to disk which makes it very slow and resource intensive for downloading files.
There’s a corresponding TIL for downloading files with Webclient.