René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Simplify usage of Multipart Uploads with WebRequestPSCmdlet","articleBody":"Doing multipart requests with PowerShell is quite complicated and requires several extra steps for large file uploads. [An easy example for a small file can be found on StackOverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36268925/powershell-invoke-restmethod-multipart-form-data). [An in depth discussion can be found in this blog post](http://blog.majcica.com/2016/01/13/powershell-tips-and-tricks-multipartform-data-requests/). \n\nIt would be a huge improvement if the WebRequestPSCmdlets (Invoke-RestMethod and Invoke-WebRequest) could be enhanced so that they support Multipart messages directly.\n\nFor an implementation I would expect the following parameters:\n- MultipartFile (Path)\n- MultipartName (Name to be used in Multipart message)\n\n[.NET Core seems to have support for MultipartContent](https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/blob/d0dc5fc099946adc1035b34a8b1f6042eddb0c75/src/System.Net.Http/src/System/Net/Http/MultipartContent.cs) which may simplify the implementation.\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/ffeldhaus","@type":"Person","name":"ffeldhaus"},"datePublished":"2016-08-28T22:11:08.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":57},"url":"https://github.com/2112/PowerShell/issues/2112"}