powershell download a file from a website code example

Example 1: how to download file in powershell

$url = "http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/test/10meg.test"
$output = "$PSScriptRoot\10meg.test"

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile $output

Example 2: powershell download file

Invoke-WebRequest URL -OutFile c:\file.ext