PowerShell web request to fonts.googleapis.com result differs from browser request-CodePudding

I'm requesting a certain font from the google API using the PowerShell's Invoke-WebRequest. But when I use the browser (chrome) to request the file's content it shows me an entirely different result.

I also tried immitating Chrome in PS request, but the result stays the same.

The font is located here https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:300,400,500
and I used this command in PS:

Invoke-WebRequest 'https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:300,400,500' -OutFile ./roboto.css -UserAgent ([Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.PSUserAgent]::Chrome)

Which gives me this file:

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Roboto';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 300;
  src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v30/KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmSU5fBBc-.woff) format('woff');
}
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Roboto';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 400;
  src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v30/KFOmCnqEu92Fr1Mu4mxM.woff) format('woff');
}
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Roboto';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 500;
  src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v30/KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmEU9fBBc-.woff) format('woff');
}

But in the browser this file gets displayed:

/* cyrillic-ext */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Roboto';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 300;
  src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v30/KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmSU5fCRc4EsA.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U 0460-052F, U 1C80-1C88, U 20B4, U 2DE0-2DFF, U A640-A69F, U FE2E-FE2F;
}
/* cyrillic */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Roboto';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 300;
  src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v30/KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmSU5fABc4EsA.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U 0301, U 0400-045F, U 0490-0491, U 04B0-04B1, U 2116;
}
/* greek-ext */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Roboto';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 300;
  src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v30/KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmSU5fCBc4EsA.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U 1F00-1FFF;
}
/* greek */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Roboto';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 300;
  src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v30/KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmSU5fBxc4EsA.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U 0370-03FF;
}
/* vietnamese */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Roboto';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 300;
  src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v30/KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmSU5fCxc4EsA.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U 0102-0103, U 0110-0111, U 0128-0129, U 0168-0169, U 01A0-01A1, U 01AF-01B0, U 1EA0-1EF9, U 20AB;
}
/* latin-ext */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Roboto';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 300;
  src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v30/KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmSU5fChc4EsA.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U 0100-024F, U 0259, U 1E00-1EFF, U 2020, U 20A0-20AB, U 20AD-20CF, U 2113, U 2C60-2C7F, U A720-A7FF;
}
/* latin */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Roboto';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 300;
  src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v30/KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmSU5fBBc4.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U 0000-00FF, U 0131, U 0152-0153, U 02BB-02BC, U 02C6, U 02DA, U 02DC, U 2000-206F, U 2074, U 20AC, U 2122, U 2191, U 2193, U 2212, U 2215, U FEFF, U FFFD;
}
/* cyrillic-ext */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Roboto';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 400;
  src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v30/KFOmCnqEu92Fr1Mu72xKOzY.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U 0460-052F, U 1C80-1C88, U 20B4, U 2DE0-2DFF, U A640-A69F, U FE2E-FE2F;
}
/* cyrillic */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Roboto';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 400;
  src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v30/KFOmCnqEu92Fr1Mu5mxKOzY.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U 0301, U 0400-045F, U 0490-0491, U 04B0-04B1, U 2116;
}
/* greek-ext */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Roboto';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 400;
  src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v30/KFOmCnqEu92Fr1Mu7mxKOzY.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U 1F00-1FFF;
}
/* greek */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Roboto';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 400;
  src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v30/KFOmCnqEu92Fr1Mu4WxKOzY.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U 0370-03FF;
}
/* vietnamese */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Roboto';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 400;
  src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v30/KFOmCnqEu92Fr1Mu7WxKOzY.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U 0102-0103, U 0110-0111, U 0128-0129, U 0168-0169, U 01A0-01A1, U 01AF-01B0, U 1EA0-1EF9, U 20AB;
}
/* latin-ext */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Roboto';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 400;
  src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v30/KFOmCnqEu92Fr1Mu7GxKOzY.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U 0100-024F, U 0259, U 1E00-1EFF, U 2020, U 20A0-20AB, U 20AD-20CF, U 2113, U 2C60-2C7F, U A720-A7FF;
}
/* latin */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Roboto';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 400;
  src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v30/KFOmCnqEu92Fr1Mu4mxK.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U 0000-00FF, U 0131, U 0152-0153, U 02BB-02BC, U 02C6, U 02DA, U 02DC, U 2000-206F, U 2074, U 20AC, U 2122, U 2191, U 2193, U 2212, U 2215, U FEFF, U FFFD;
}
/* cyrillic-ext */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Roboto';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 500;
  src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v30/KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmEU9fCRc4EsA.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U 0460-052F, U 1C80-1C88, U 20B4, U 2DE0-2DFF, U A640-A69F, U FE2E-FE2F;
}
/* cyrillic */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Roboto';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 500;
  src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v30/KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmEU9fABc4EsA.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U 0301, U 0400-045F, U 0490-0491, U 04B0-04B1, U 2116;
}
/* greek-ext */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Roboto';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 500;
  src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v30/KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmEU9fCBc4EsA.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U 1F00-1FFF;
}
/* greek */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Roboto';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 500;
  src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v30/KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmEU9fBxc4EsA.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U 0370-03FF;
}
/* vietnamese */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Roboto';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 500;
  src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v30/KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmEU9fCxc4EsA.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U 0102-0103, U 0110-0111, U 0128-0129, U 0168-0169, U 01A0-01A1, U 01AF-01B0, U 1EA0-1EF9, U 20AB;
}
/* latin-ext */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Roboto';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 500;
  src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v30/KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmEU9fChc4EsA.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U 0100-024F, U 0259, U 1E00-1EFF, U 2020, U 20A0-20AB, U 20AD-20CF, U 2113, U 2C60-2C7F, U A720-A7FF;
}
/* latin */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Roboto';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 500;
  src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v30/KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmEU9fBBc4.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U 0000-00FF, U 0131, U 0152-0153, U 02BB-02BC, U 02C6, U 02DA, U 02DC, U 2000-206F, U 2074, U 20AC, U 2122, U 2191, U 2193, U 2212, U 2215, U FEFF, U FFFD;
}

Can somebody enlighten me as to why this happens? Is this also happening on your end?

CodePudding user response：

Replacing [PSUserAgent]::Chrome with the UA string from a recent version of Chrome appears to work:

$userAgentChrome104Windows10 = 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/104.0.0.0 Safari/537.36'

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:300,400,500' -OutFile ./roboto.css -UserAgent $userAgentChrome104Windows10