Invoke-WebRequest equivalent in PowerShell v2

Question

Can some one help me with the powershell v2 version of the below cmdlet.

$body = 
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Answer 1

Here, give this a shot. I provided some in-line comments. Bottom line, you're going to want to use the HttpWebRequest class from the .NET Base Class Library (BCL) to achieve what you're after.

$Body = @"

  
   
  
  
   

"@;

# Convert the message body to a byte array
$BodyBytes = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($Body);
# Set the URI of the web service
$URI = [System.Uri]'http://www.google.com';

# Create a new web request
$WebRequest = [System.Net.HttpWebRequest]::CreateHttp($URI);
# Set the HTTP method
$WebRequest.Method = 'POST';
# Set the MIME type
$WebRequest.ContentType = 'application/xml';
# Set the credential for the web service
$WebRequest.Credentials = Get-Credential;
# Write the message body to the request stream
$WebRequest.GetRequestStream().Write($BodyBytes, 0, $BodyBytes.Length);