macos 10.12 missing system.net.webclient

[minoseah629]

Steps to reproduce

PS /Users/> $webclient = New-Object System.Net.Web
WebException WebRequest WebUtility WebExceptionStatus WebResponse WebHeaderCollection WebSockets
PS /Users/> $webclient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient

Expected behavior

should be able to use system.net.webclient like in windows
PS C:\Windows\system32> new-object System.Net.WebClient

AllowReadStreamBuffering : False
AllowWriteStreamBuffering : False
Encoding : System.Text.SBCSCodePageEncoding
BaseAddress :
Credentials :
UseDefaultCredentials : False
Headers : {}
QueryString : {}
ResponseHeaders :
Proxy : System.Net.WebRequest+WebProxyWrapper
CachePolicy :
IsBusy : False
Site :
Container :

Actual behavior

Received error mesage
New-Object : Cannot find type [System.Net.WebClient]: verify that the assembly
containing this type is loaded.
At line:1 char:14

• $webclient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient

•          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidType: (:) [New-Object], PSArgumentExcepti
    on

  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : TypeNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewOb
    jectCommand
    Environment data

Name Value

---

PSVersion 6.0.0-alpha
PSEdition Core
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion 3.0.0.0
GitCommitId v6.0.0-alpha.10
CLRVersion
WSManStackVersion 3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1

[vors]

PowerShell Core edition is built on CoreCLR.
WebClient is not currently available there: https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/11794