how to save URL output into a file in PowerShell

Question

i am a beginner all around PowerShell, and my main difficult is that i have the following script and i would like to create a log file from the output of the URL. for now the script is working but i don't know how can i save the browser output to a file. i will need to write the output into new file only in case the file is not created. i try the |Out-File method but nothing happens.

my script:

start "http://myurl"
Start-Sleep -s 5
get-process iexplore | stop-process
get-process powershell | stop-process

this is my php code:

    <?php
/**
 * Created by PhpStorm.
 * User: matant
 * Date: 11/17/2015
 * Time: 1:46 PM
 */
define ('mysql_host','host');
define ('mysql_user','user');
define ('mysql_password','password');
define ('myDB','DBname');


$dblink= mysqli_connect(mysql_host, mysql_user, mysql_password,myDB);


if (!$dblink)
{
    $message = sprintf(
        "Could not connect to local database: %s",
        mysql_error()
    );
    trigger_error($message);
    echo $message;
    return;
}
else{
    echo "connection success"."<br/>";
}
$c_date = date("Y-m-d");
date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Jerusalem');
$c_time = date("h:i:sa");
$query = "UPDATE event SET event_status = '0' WHERE event.event_date < '$c_date' OR '$c_time' >  event.start_time";
$res = mysqli_query($dblink,$query) or die (mysqli_error($dblink));
if(!$res){
    echo $c_time.":failed to update event!"."<br/>";
}
else{
    echo $c_time."  :event updated successfully";
}
$dblink ->close();
?>

for example if the script run successfully i get the message:

 connection success
04:39:36pm :event updated successfully

which this message i would like to be saved into a file.

What do you mean with 'browser output'? What information do you want to save? Can you give an example of the output you want in the text file? — DarkLite1
– DarkLite1, Commented Nov 17, 2015 at 14:32

Sean · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-17 14:41:20Z

6

You can use Invoke-WebRequest

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "http://www.bbc.co.uk" | select -ExpandProperty Content | Out-File test.txt

answered Nov 17, 2015 at 14:41

Sean

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Matan Tubul Over a year ago

i get this error when i replace all my script with your answer: "The term 'Invoke-WebRequest' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet,..."

Deadly-Bagel Over a year ago

Invoke-WebRequest was only added in PowerShell 3.0 - looks like you're still running V2 so won't be able to use this function.

Matan Tubul Over a year ago

thanks i try it in windows server 2012 and its working thank you.

Matan Tubul Over a year ago

but my output into the file is : "connection success<br/>04:56:22pm :event updated successfully" there is a way to fit it to the browser?

FoxDeploy Over a year ago

Do you want to see the message in both a web browser, and in the log file?

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