Out-Download
Send an object content to the client
Syntax
Out-Download -InputObject <Object> [-ContentType <String>] [-Name <String>]
Detailed Description
The cmdlet allows to send content of an object (FileInfo, Stream, String, String[] or Byte[]) to the client. This is used for example by report scripts to send the report in HTML, Json or Excel without saving the content of the object to the disk drive. You can specify an object type and file name to make sure the downloaded file is interpreted properly by the browser.
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Parameters
-InputObject <Object>
Object content to be sent to the client. Object must be of one of the following types:
FileInfo,
Stream,
String,
String[],
Byte[]
-ContentType <String>
The MIME content type of the object. In most cases you can skip this parameter and still have the content type be deduced by the browser from the
Common examples (after Wikipedia)
application/json
application/x-www-form-urlencoded
application/pdf
application/octet-stream
multipart/form-data
text/html
image/png
image/jpg
-Name <String>
Name of the file you want the user browser to save the object as.
Inputs
The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.
System.Object
Outputs
The output type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.
System.Boolea
Notes
Help Author: Adam Najmanowicz, Michael West
Examples
EXAMPLE 1
Send first log file to the user
EXAMPLE 2
Send Hello World text file to the user
EXAMPLE 3
Get a list of sitecore branches under root item in the master database and send the list to user as excel file
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