How to download files from GitHub with PowerShell

The first thing we need to know is the GitHub user name and repository name. In this example I made a public repository I created.

GitHub Username: citlead-cit-devops

GitHub Repository: CIT-DevOPS-Public

Lets now use the Invoke-RestMethod to get some details about the GitHub Repository using GitHub's API.

Tip: You can also get the same information with your web browser.

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We need to copy the value for download_url

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Here is a example code: