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Measure-InvokeWebRequestWithoutBasic

SYNOPSIS

Rule to detect if Invoke-WebRequest is used without UseBasicParsing.

SYNTAX

Measure-InvokeWebRequestWithoutBasic [-ScriptBlockAst] <ScriptBlockAst> [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>]
 [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

This rule detects if Invoke-WebRequest (or its aliases) is used without the UseBasicParsing parameter.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Measure-InvokeWebRequestWithoutBasic -ScriptBlockAst $ScriptBlockAst

This will check if the given ScriptBlockAst contains any Invoke-WebRequest commands without the UseBasicParsing parameter.

PARAMETERS

-ScriptBlockAst

The scriptblock AST to check.

Type: ScriptBlockAst
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ProgressAction

{{ Fill ProgressAction Description }}

Type: ActionPreference
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: proga

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

[System.Management.Automation.Language.ScriptBlockAst]

OUTPUTS

[Microsoft.Windows.PowerShell.ScriptAnalyzer.Generic.DiagnosticRecord[]]

NOTES