Exit from a command if it takes too much time in powershell

Question

$uri="http:\\www.SomeUrl.com"
Measure-Command { $request = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $uri -UseBasicParsing}

In above powershell script, how can I exit from Invoke-WebRequest if it takes time more than 10 secs, and return a error code if possible.

Answer 1

You can use the Timeout parameter to the Invoke-WebRequest command,

$uri="http://www.SomeUrl.com"
Measure-Command { $request = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $uri -UseBasicParsing -Timeout 10}

You can cover it with try / catch block to get the error message.

try {
    $uri="http://www.SomeUrl.com"
    Measure-Command { $request = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $uri -UseBasicParsing -Timeout 10 -ErrorAction Stop}
}
catch {
    Write-Output "Timeout occured. Exception: $_"
}

You can also use -Headers @{"Cache-Control"="no-cache"} with Invoke-WebRequest which will not cache the pages you are visiting.