Download multiple files from the artifactory repo using powershell - powershell

Question

I was trying to write a powershell script which downloads multiple files from my artifactory repo. I could use some kind of logic as below by passing file names.
$files = #("test1.zip", "test.zip")
foreach($file in $files)
{
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "$artifactory_url/$file" -OutFile "D:\download\$file"
}
But, Is there any way to download all the files with out passing names? I tried with wildcards like (*zip) but, looks like Invoke-webrequest isn't accepting the wildcards. And found no luck with Start-bittransfer cmdlet as well as described in article https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/heyscriptingguy/2012/08/17/use-powershell-3-0-to-easily-download-60-spanned-files .
I was able to pull up list of files in the repo using below command
((Invoke-WebRequest $url).links | Where href -match "zip$").href
How can I use this command to download the files? Is there any better way to download multiple files from the artifactory repo or http endpoint? I have to perform this action on multiple servers. So, I was not looking at usage of jfrog cli.
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

You may be missing the credentials to be sent with the request.
If you are using an Artifactory Key you could use the WebClient object like the following -
#example Artifactory url
$artifactory_url = "https://artifactory.company.com/artifactory/"
#example Artifactory Key
$ArtifactoryKey = "AKCp2VpEfLuMVkxpmH9rSiZT3RPoWCucL8kEiq4SjbEuuuCFdNf5t5E6dom32TCE3efy2RCyg"
$wc = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$wc.Headers.Add("X-JFrog-Art-Api", $ArtifactoryKey)
$files = #("test1.zip", "test.zip")
try {
foreach($file in $files) {
$wc.DownloadFile("$artifactory_url/$file", "D:\download\$file")
}
}
catch {
$Host.UI.WriteErrorLine("Error while Trying to download Artifacts.")
$Host.UI.WriteErrorLine($_.Exception.Message)
exit
}