function Get-WinUtilWingetLatest { <# .SYNOPSIS Uses GitHub API to check for the latest release of Winget. .DESCRIPTION This function grabs the latest version of Winget and returns the download path to Install-WinUtilWinget for installation. #> # Invoke-WebRequest is notoriously slow when the byte progress is displayed. The following lines disable the progress bar and reset them at the end of the function $PreviousProgressPreference = $ProgressPreference $ProgressPreference = "silentlyContinue" try { # Grabs the latest release of Winget from the Github API for the install process. $response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/Winget-cli/releases/latest" -Method Get -ErrorAction Stop $latestVersion = $response.tag_name #Stores version number of latest release. $licenseWingetUrl = $response.assets.browser_download_url | Where-Object {$_ -like "*License1.xml"} #Index value for License file. Write-Host "Latest Version:`t$($latestVersion)`n" Write-Host "Downloading..." $assetUrl = $response.assets.browser_download_url | Where-Object {$_ -like "*Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle"} Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $licenseWingetUrl -OutFile $ENV:TEMP\License1.xml # The only pain is that the msixbundle for winget-cli is 246MB. In some situations this can take a bit, with slower connections. Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $assetUrl -OutFile $ENV:TEMP\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller.msixbundle } catch { throw [WingetFailedInstall]::new('Failed to get latest Winget release and license') } $ProgressPreference = $PreviousProgressPreference }