How to download files from GitHub with PowerShell

Mar 17, 20191 min read

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.

We need to copy the value for download_url

Here is a example code:

CIT DevOps