networking - What is the best way to send HTTP requests from Windows Powershell?

Question

What is the best way to send HTTP requests from Windows Powershell?

Answer 1

Found one way:

$page = (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString("http://localhost/")

Thanks to Steven Murawski for his comment:

The best way really depends on what task you are trying to accomplish as the two answers below have noted. WebClient is the simplest, but HttpWebRequest is the most flexible.