PowerShell script throwing syntax error

Question

I am running a PowerShell script as follows:

$url = "http://api.weatherunlocked.com/api/forecast/29.36,47.97?app_id=****&app_key=****";
$req = [System.Net.WebRequest]::Create($url)
$req.Method ="GET"
$req.ContentLength = 0
$req.Timeout = 600000
$resp = $req.GetResponse()
$reader = new-object System.IO.StreamReader($resp.GetResponseStream())
$reader.ReadToEnd() | Out-File weatherOutput.json

It's giving the following error:

run.sh: line 2: syntax error near unexpected token `('
run.sh: line 2: `$req = [System.Net.WebRequest]::Create($url)'

Frode F. · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-26 07:22:06Z

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It looks like you're trying to run a PowerShell script in UNIX considering the error starts with run.sh. Powershell code can only be run on Windows machines With PowerShell installed (built in from Win7+, separate install for xp and vista).

Try running your script like using this command on a Windows-machine:

PowerShell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "C:\myscript.ps1"

answered Mar 26, 2015 at 7:22

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Suyog Over a year ago

thanks Frode F for your response. i am triying to get data in command line from website the above script works fine in windows i can get data in command line . can you please suggest how can do the same in UNIX .

Joey Over a year ago

This code might already even work in Pash

Soheil Over a year ago

@Suyog you use wget for get site like wget --recursive http://stackoverflow.com

Suyog Over a year ago

hi hidd3n when i run the command wget --recursive api.weatherunlocked.com i got error 403 forbidden

Jonathan Gilbert Over a year ago

Total necromancy on this ancient discussion, but just for the sake of anybody stumbling upon this 9+ years later, in 2024 you can simply download a pwsh .deb and install it with dpkg on any Debian-based Linux (such as Ubuntu). .NET Core itself, which matured into .NET 5+, is fully functional on Linux, which means there's no emulation layer involved, you're literally running .NET code on pwsh regardless of whether you're running it on Windows or Linux (or OS X, for that matter). Turns out we do have flying cars here in the future!

Ansgar Wiechers · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-26 11:37:26Z

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In a Unix environment use wget or curl.

url="http://api.weatherunlocked.com/api/forecast/29.36,47.97?app_id=****&app_key=****"
wget -O weatherOutput.json $url

If you want the data echoed to STDOUT just replace the filename with -. You may also want to add the parameter -q to suppress informational/progress output.

wget -qO - $url

Or use curl, which writes the data to STDOUT by default.

edited Mar 26, 2015 at 11:37

answered Mar 26, 2015 at 10:42

Ansgar Wiechers

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Suyog Over a year ago

thank you Ansgar it worked i am getting it data in json format and it is saving it in seperate file. please tell me how can get same information in command line i mean the contents which are storing in json file i want it on command line. is there any way to get it done..??

Ansgar Wiechers Over a year ago

What do you mean by "on the command line"? Do you want the data echoed to STDOUT?

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