(PowerShell) HTTP GET - Download HTML or any Text Content to a String

The QuickGetStr method is the simplest way to retrieve a text resource from a web server using an HTTP GET request. The text resource can be HTML, XML, text, or anything other type of file composed of readable text.

Download: Chilkat .NET Assemblies

[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile("C:\myAssemblies\ChilkatDotNet2.dll")

$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http

#  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
$success = $http.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

#  Send the HTTP GET and return the content in a string.

$html = $http.QuickGetStr("http://www.wikipedia.org/")

$($html)