'Download XML File with Powershell

when i attempt to download a xml file, i get not the xml content but den html code of the site.

$WebClient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$WebClient.DownloadFile("https://jira.issueviews:issue-xml/HELP-1141/HELP-1141.xml","C:\test.xml")

Select-Xml -Path ".\test.xml" -XPath '/channel/title' | ForEach-Object { $_.Node.name }

What is wrong ?

lg Joachim

xmlpowershell


Solution 1:[1]

What's about using Invoke-RestMethod?

$Uri = "https://myurltothexml.com/foobar.xml"
(Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $Uri).OuterXml

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