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| $repoName = "PowerShell/PowerShell" | |
| $assetPattern = "*-win-x64.msi" | |
| $extractDirectory = "C:\Users\Public\Downloads" | |
| $releasesUri = "https://api.github.com/repos/$repoName/releases/latest" | |
| $asset = (Invoke-WebRequest $releasesUri | ConvertFrom-Json).assets | Where-Object name -like $assetPattern | |
| $downloadUri = $asset.browser_download_url | |
| $extractPath = [System.IO.Path]::Combine($extractDirectory, $asset.name) | |
| Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $downloadUri -Out $extractPath |
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Thanks your example works fine with the powershell repo but when I execute this against my private repository I get the following error on line 11
The request was aborted: The connection was closed unexpectedly.