how to open a url from PowerShell

Question

I have a url that executes lots of javascript code. I want to open this from PowerShell to schedule.

But as it executes javascript code, PowerShell not opening this url properly.

What I tried?

Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "myurl"
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "myurl"

both gives me error.

Invoke-RestMethod : My Apps
--> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date());
gtag('config', 'UA-123456789-2');


    At line:1 char:1
+ Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "http://spos.rkapps.in/SendLCNotifyMails" + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (System.Net.HttpWebRequest:HttpWebRequest) [Invoke-RestMethod], WebException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebCmdletWebResponseException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeRestMethodCommand

Note: Start-Process "myurl" runs as expected, as it opens a real browser but I want to schedule this when my server is on logoff mode so it does not runs.

How to open it?

Please show us the full error message (except the URI, if present) — Mathias R. Jessen

Patrick Walter Patrick Walter · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-17T21:08:40

I think this could be easier done for you:

here is a script that just open a browser which goes to a website:

$browser = new-object -com “InternetExplorer.Application”
$browser.Navigate(“https://stackoverflow.com/”)
$browser.visible = $true

how to open a url from PowerShell

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