DownloadEbook.ps1

# Source: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mssmallbiz/2016/07/10/how-to-download-all-of-the-free-ebooks-and-resources-in-my-free-ebooks-giveaway/
# Source: http://www.mssmallbiz.com/ericligman/Key_Shorts/MSFTFreeEbooks.txt
# Script for convenience. No proper error handling whatsoever. Saves to user's download\FreeEbook folder.


# Parsing the http links
$LinkSource = 'http://www.mssmallbiz.com/ericligman/Key_Shorts/MSFTFreeEbooks.txt'
$link = ((Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $LinkSource).content -split "`n" | where {$_ -like 'http://*'}).trim()

$path = '~\Downloads\FreeEBook'


if (!(test-path -Path $path)){
    mkdir $path | Out-Null
}

foreach ($l in $link){
    $url = "$l"
    $response = [System.Net.WebRequest]::Create($url).GetResponse()
    $file = ($response.ResponseUri.OriginalString -split "/")[-1]
    $response.Close() 

    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -outfile "$path\$file"
 
    $response = ''
    $file = ''
}