How to use PowerShell invoke-webrequest with Windows Authentication and Username\Password

Question

The following PowerShell invoke-webrequest works for me when the Windows Service I'm running it from has permission to call the webservice. However, this isn't always the case.

I need to the ability to use Windows Authentication but also set the account username\password for the call. Does anyone have some sample code for doing this?

Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing "url" -UseDefaultCredentials -Method GET

Check out Creating a PS Credential from a Clear Text Password in Powershell on the MSDN. — Tomalak
– Tomalak, Commented Sep 15, 2018 at 20:15

General Grievance · Accepted Answer · 2024-11-27 14:46:46Z

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You may set the UseDefaultCredentials property of Invoke-WebRequest module to true.

Official doc

$url = "http://yourURL"
$wc = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$wc.UseDefaultCredentials = $true
$response = $wc.DownloadString($url)

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PatrickNolan Over a year ago

Thanks for your response I am using UseDefaultCredentials in my original post. I need to use WindowsAuthentication but specify the Username\Password for the account I want to use. I do not want to use the default credentials associated with the process executing the powershell script.

ImGroot Over a year ago

Then, you might need to use -Authentication along with -Credential props

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