# Pages and Downloads: \`Invoke-WebRequest\`

Invoke-WebRequest gives you the whole answer from a web address, not only its data, so you can read the status code that says whether a page is there, read the headers that describe it, and save what it sends as a file with -OutFile.

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- Category: PowerShell
- Level: Journeyman
- Tags: <header>, HTTP, invoke-webrequest, powershell, Status Code
- Updated: November 10, 2026

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