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Using Powershell to show all links on a web page

By Johan van Soest.

Published : 2016-04-06.

Last updated : 2017-05-02.

This Powershell script can be used to to display all the links on a web page. Just replace the string value $Uri with your web page address and run the script via the Powershell command line or use Windows PowerShell ISE. The option "-UseDefaultCredentials" provides support for Single Sign On websites by using the credentials of the current user to send the web request.

# **************************************************************************
# * This Powershell script displays all the links from a website url *
# * (C)Copyright 2015 - 2025 vanSoest.it by Johan van Soest *
# **************************************************************************
cls
# Define the website page
$Uri='http://vansoest.it/v1/uk/default.asp?file=Hotlist.whc'

# Request the website page and store it for processing.
# Using default user credentials for Single Sign On sites such as SharePoint
$WebPage = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $Uri -UserAgent PowerShell -UseDefaultCredentials

# Display the links section and list each url on one line
$WebPage.Links | Foreach {$_.href }

This cmdlet was introduced in Windows PowerShell 3.0. thus integrated in Windows 8.x and Windows Server 2012 or newer. It is also available as a separate installation for Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1.

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