Curl Error: Parameter cannot be processed because the parameter name 'u' is ambiguous

Question

I am trying to connect (in PowerShell) via curl but with no success.

Below is the following code I've inserting in order to establish the connection:

  curl -u <USER>:<PASSWORD> https://something.com

but got the error:

  Invoke-WebRequest : Parameter cannot be processed because the parameter name 'u' is ambiguous. 
  Possible matches include: -UseBasicParsing -Uri -UseDefaultCredentials -UserAgent.

So, I tried to look for a solution at SO, such as:

PowerShell's Invoke-RestMethod equivalent of curl -u (Basic Authentication)

Running cURL on 64 bit Windows

and on GitHub: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/issues/4351

But got no success. I also reinstalled the 'curl' in my machine and tried to use Invoke-WebRequest directly, but the problem persisted.

I'm new at PowerShell, maybe I'm doing a mistake when coding those lines, but do you have any suggestion how to deal with? Do you think there is a better Command Prompt/CLI than PowerShell to use curl?

Answer 1

As @Maximilian Burszley wrote, curl in PowerShell is an alias to another command, not the curl command you intended.

In my opinion the simplest solution is to remove the alias, and then the curl command will be available without the overhead of Get-Alias and without using curl with the executable's path.

This is the command to remove the curl alias when using Windows PowerShell:

Remove-item alias:curl