Pass URL-based JSON as launch argument

[desentizised]

I wrote myself a batch script which enables me to launch winutil from cmd instead of having to launch a modern Windows shell explicitly and it gets its JSON instructions from a predefined URL.

@echo off

:: Set variables for the URLs and paths
set "jsonUrl=https://example.com/custom.json"
set "jsonPath=%TEMP%\custom.json"

:: Check if the script is running as Administrator
net session >nul 2>&1
if %errorlevel% neq 0 (
    echo Requesting Administrator privileges...
    powershell -Command "Start-Process '%0' -Verb RunAs"
    exit /b
)

:: Download the JSON file using PowerShell
powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "Invoke-WebRequest -Uri '%jsonUrl%' -OutFile '%jsonPath%'"

:: Check if the JSON file was downloaded successfully
if exist "%jsonPath%" (
    :: Run the PowerShell script with the downloaded JSON file
    powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iex ""& { $(irm christitus.com/win) } -Config '%jsonPath%'"""
    
    :: Clean up by deleting the downloaded JSON file
    del "%jsonPath%" 2>nul
) else (
    echo Failed to download the JSON configuration file.
)

exit /b

The main hurdle was finding the documentation for how to pass the -Config. At first I couldn't find anything because I was looking for keywords like "JSON" and "Import", then I looked at the main .ps1 file and saw that it was indeed capable of ingesting a JSON on launch but that it was called "Config" in this context.

[MoRo816]

Sorry to bug months after you posted this. My use case is probably simpler than yours. I set up computers for home users a few times a week. I have a NAS/Server with my tools and installers and WinUtil is one the first things I run. I found the line at the bottom of the documentation you mentioned, but I can't seem to get the syntax right.

Currently my shortcut I run on a new client machine is set up with a 'Target' of: C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "Start-Process powershell.exe -verb runas -ArgumentList 'irm https://christitus.com/win | iex'

It runs fine and I can click the Import button and that will work fine, it's just a couple extra steps I'm trying to skip. I think I'm putting a quotation mark in the wrong place or messing up the path in some basic way.

My config file is WinUtilConfig.json and it's in the same network folder where I have the shortcut saved.

Any help would be appreciated.