Add Multiple URLs to this PowerShell Script?

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I am using a script to call URLs, get the output, and save the output to a text file. It all works great. However, when I need to call multiple URLs in succession it causes CPU spikes because it is starting/stopping powershell.exe so many times. Is there a whay I could use a for each technique for each URL while still saving the output? Here is my script:

$content = Get-Content $PSScriptRoot\urls.txt

echo "Testing for $content"

(Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "$content").Content |
    Out-File -FilePath "$PSScriptRoot\out.txt"

$status = Get-Content $PSScriptRoot\out.txt

Note that the two echo are just for debugging purposes, don't really matter.

You mean something like Get-Content urls.txt | ForEach-Object { Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $_ | Select-Object -Expand Content }? — Ansgar Wiechers
– Ansgar Wiechers, Commented Jul 5, 2017 at 11:04

Chetan Kulkarni · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-05 11:41:38Z

1

Is this Something that you wanted to do?

$contents = Get-Content $PSScriptRoot\urls.txt
foreach($content in $contents){
(Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "$content").Content |Out-File -FilePath $PSScriptRoot\out.txt -Append
}

I Wrote a urls.txt with 7-8 urls,And it worked fine for me.

answered Jul 5, 2017 at 11:41

Chetan Kulkarni

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3 Comments

Luke Deven Over a year ago

aha I was missing the { } and the -Append. Perfect my friend!

Luke Deven Over a year ago

Can't Chetan Not enough rep! sry.

Chetan Kulkarni Over a year ago

Cool.no problem! Get back when you have rep,Cheers

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