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

I tried this also - $WebClient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient $WebClient.DownloadFile("theocc.com/webapps/threshold-securities","C:\Users\Himanshu.Vats\Downloads\") and this giving error - — Himanshu
Please see this post: stackoverflow.com/questions/41618766/… (ie. try setting [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = 'Tls11,Tls12' before calling Invoke-WebRequest) — Mathias R. Jessen
Possible duplicate of Powershell Invoke-WebRequest Fails with SSL/TLS Secure Channel — AussieJoe

Esperento57 Esperento57 · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-01T19:02:21

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

Powershell Script to download a file from HTTPS website using

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