René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Invoke-WebRequest / Invoke-RestMethod -Verbose shows only the directory (folder) name when a directory path is passed to `-OutFile`","articleBody":"### Prerequisites\r\n\r\n- [X] Write a descriptive title.\r\n- [X] Make sure you are able to repro it on the [latest released version](https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases)\r\n- [X] Search the existing issues.\r\n- [X] Refer to the [FAQ](https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/blob/master/docs/FAQ.md).\r\n- [X] Refer to [Differences between Windows PowerShell 5.1 and PowerShell](https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/scripting/whats-new/differences-from-windows-powershell).\r\n\r\n### Steps to reproduce\r\n\r\nThanks to a contribution by @CarloToso, since v7.4.0 it has been possible to pass a _directory_  rather than a file path to `-OutFile`, in which the web cmdlets use the (ultimate) target URL's _last segment_ as the file name.\r\n\r\nGiven that, when redirections are involved,  you won't know what that last segment is, using `-Verbose` is an important way to discover the effective output file name.\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, `-Verbose` currently misreports the _directory_'s name as the output file name:\r\n\r\n\r\n```powershell\r\n# This downloads to file /tmp/ascii_to_unicode.bat\r\nInvoke-WebRequest -Verbose -OutFile /tmp https://filesamples.com/samples/code/bat/ascii_to_unicode.bat\r\n\r\n# Clean up\r\nRemove-Item /tmp/ascii_to_unicode.bat\r\n```\r\n\r\n### Expected behavior\r\n\r\n```console\r\nVERBOSE: Requested HTTP/1.1 GET with 0-byte payload\r\nVERBOSE: Received HTTP/1.1 response of content type application/octet-stream of unknown size\r\nVERBOSE: File Name: ascii_to_unicode.bat\r\n```\r\n\r\n\r\n### Actual behavior\r\n\r\n```console\r\nVERBOSE: Requested HTTP/1.1 GET with 0-byte payload\r\nVERBOSE: Received HTTP/1.1 response of content type application/octet-stream of unknown size\r\nVERBOSE: File Name: tmp\r\n```\r\n\r\nThat is, the *directory*'s name is reported.\r\n\r\n\r\n### Error details\r\n\r\n_No response_\r\n\r\n### Environment data\r\n\r\n```powershell\r\nPowerShell 7.4.0-rc.1\r\n```\r\n\r\n\r\n### Visuals\r\n\r\n_No response_","author":{"url":"https://github.com/mklement0","@type":"Person","name":"mklement0"},"datePublished":"2024-01-16T19:25:53.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/21081/PowerShell/issues/21081"}