Invoke-webrequest didn't return 404 for unvalid page url

g h 716 Reputation points
2020-08-11T06:11:30.943+00:00

As stated in the title, if I had the following code to test a SharePoint url if it's valid:

$req = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "http://sp/404"
$stat = $req.StatusCode

It's always returning 200 as status code.

It's wired as the page url is not valid and can't be open in the browser.

Can you explain the reason for this ?

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  1. Jerryzy 10,571 Reputation points
    2020-08-12T01:28:08.487+00:00

    Hi @g h ,

    When accessing a invalid SharePoint page url, it will redirect to a page url like this:

    http://sp/Pages/PageNotFoundError.aspx?requestUrl=http://sp/404

    This shoule be a default action in SharePoint to handle invalid page url and this page request is 200 when checking in Developer Tool:

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  1. Trevor Seward 11,701 Reputation points
    2020-08-11T14:58:54.287+00:00

    This will occur if you make a request to a managed path endpoint and is expected behavior.

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