Download a file from Remote Server(https) using powershell with credentials

Question

I'm trying to download a file from Linux server with Apache web server to Windows Server 2012 R2 using Windows PowerShell

Note: the URL is HTTPS

$source = "https://uri"
$destination = "C:\path\file.txt"
$username = "admin"
$password = "@dfkl!f"  | ConvertTo-SecureString -asPlainText -Force
$cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential($username,$password)
Invoke-WebRequest $source -OutFile $destination -Credential $cred

Invoke-WebRequest : Authorization Required
This server could not verify that you are authorized to access the document     requested. Either you supplied the wrong
credentials (e.g., bad password), or your browser doesn't understand how to supply the credentials required.
Apache/2.2.15 (CentOS) Server at url Port 443

When I type the credentials through browser i m able to download but through powershell it show bad credentials

Try use System.Net.WebClient + System.Net.CredentialCache as shown here - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12282842/how-to-login-to-website-with-basic-authentication-using-powershell — Kostia Shiian, Feb 13 '15 at 10:29
I tried with above solution but dint work... it shows 401 unauthorized error — naga4ce, Feb 13 '15 at 12:01
It's seems that you need to inspect network traffic with tools like Ethereal — Kostia Shiian, Feb 13 '15 at 12:09
It might expect [basic authentication](http://stackoverflow.com/a/27970200/712649) — Mathias R. Jessen, Feb 13 '15 at 12:46
@Mathias R. Jessen I m trying in powershell so i created a same function thats shown in above answer but still same error appears — naga4ce, Feb 13 '15 at 13:06
@naga4ce, is the webserver member of a domain? any chance username should be something like domain\admin? — milanio, Feb 20 '15 at 11:33

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 20 '15 at 16:10

I just tried this against one of my Apache/Linux boxes on a SSL page that uses Basic auth, and it seemed to work... Your mileage might vary...

$source = "https://Uri"
$destination = "C:\Foo\Bar"
$username = 'mylogin'
$password = 'reallgoodpassword'

$auth = 'Basic ' + [System.Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($username+':'+$password ))

Invoke-WebRequest -Headers @{ "Accept" = "*/*"; "Authorization" = $auth } -Uri $source -Method Get

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 17 '15 at 18:03

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try to create the passwordstring with

$password = ConvertTo-SecureString "@dfkl!f" -AsPlainText -Force

answered Feb 17 '15 at 18:03

Henning Schwarten

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Download a file from Remote Server(https) using powershell with credentials

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