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Summary

WebCmdlets if -ContentType is null and -Method is PUT the content type is set to application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Details

The documentation should be updated from:

If this parameter is omitted and the request method is POST, Invoke-WebRequest sets the content type to application/x-www-form-urlencoded. Otherwise, the content type isn't specified in the call.

to this:

If this parameter is omitted and the request method is POST or PUT, Invoke-WebRequest sets the content type to application/x-www-form-urlencoded. Otherwise, the content type isn't specified in the call.

Articles

• https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/invoke-webrequest
• https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/invoke-restmethod

Related Source Pull Requests

• Adjust PUT method behavior to POST one for default content type in WebCmdlets PowerShell/PowerShell#19152

Related Source Issues

• Invoke-RestMethod doesn't include automatic ContentType value when not using POST method PowerShell/PowerShell#16318