A Gopher/Gopher+/SecureGopher client written for Powershell 7 and newer.
Grab it from PowerShell Gallery with: Install-Module PSGopher
In this example, we'll connect to Floodgap's Gopher server and return the content.
PS C:\> $response = Invoke-GopherRequest gopher://floodgap.com
PS C:\> $response.Content
Welcome to Floodgap Systems' official gopher server.
Floodgap has served the gopher community since 1999
(formerly gopher.ptloma.edu).
[…]The syntax and output of this cmdlet is modeled after Invoke-WebRequest, going as far as to emulate some of its properties:
PS /home/colin> Invoke-GopherRequest gopher://port70.net
Protocol : Gopher
ContentType : 1
Content : Welcome to the gopher server at port70.net.
Projects:
mgod gopher server
[HTTP] FRTPLOT: Free Real-time Data Plotter
[HTTP] Animator - Simple 2D Vector Graphics Interpreter
[HTTP] Plumb - connect multiple programs with lots of pipes
[HTTP] cchan - "channel" construct for inter-thread communication in C programs
[HTTP] Stutter (LISP interpreter)
NECRON card game
Gopherchan!
Encoding : System.Text.UTF8Encoding
Images :
Links : {@{href=gopher://port70.net/mgod; Type=1; Description=mgod gopher server; Resource=/mgod;
Server=port70.net; Port=70; UrlLink=False}, @{href=http://frtplot.port70.net/; Type=h;
Description=[HTTP] FRTPLOT: Free Real-time Data Plotter; Resource=/; Server=frtplot.port70.net;
Port=80; UrlLink=True}, @{href=http://repo.hu/projects/animator; Type=h; Description=[HTTP]
Animator - Simple 2D Vector Graphics Interpreter; Resource=/projects/animator; Server=repo.hu;
Port=80; UrlLink=True}, @{href=http://repo.hu/projects/plumb; Type=h; Description=[HTTP] Plumb -
connect multiple programs with lots of pipes; Resource=/projects/plumb; Server=repo.hu; Port=80;
UrlLink=True}…}
RawContent : iWelcome to the gopher server at port70.net. fake (NULL) 0
i fake (NULL) 0
iProjects: fake (NULL) 0
1mgod gopher server mgod port70.net 70
h[HTTP] FRTPLOT: Free Real-time Data Plotter URL:http://frtplot.port70.net port70.net 70
h[HTTP] Animator - Simple 2D Vector Graphics Interpreter URL:http://repo.hu/projects/animator
port70.net 70
h[HTTP] Plumb - connect multiple programs with lots of pipes URL:http://repo.hu/projects/plumb
port70.net 70
H[HTTP] cchan - "channel" construct for inter-thread communication in C programs
URL:http://repo.hu/projects/cchan port70.net 70
h[HTTP] Stutter (LISP interpreter) URL:http://hactar.port70.net/stutter port70.net 70
i fake (NULL) 0
1NECRON card game necron port70.net 70
1Gopherchan! chan port70.net 70
i fake (NULL) 0
RawContentLength : 818You can use the -Abstract parameter to fetch Gopher+ information instead of the resource itself.
PS C:\> Invoke-GopherRequest -Abstract gopher://colincogle.name/0downloads/pgp.txt | Format-List
INFO : 0pgp.txt /downloads/pgp.txt colincogle.name 70 +
ADMIN : {Admin: Colin Cogle <colin@colincogle.name>, Mod-Date: Sun Nov 28 14:37:30 2021 <20211128143730>}
VIEWS : text/plain: <5k>
ABSTRACT : Colin Cogle's PGP keys and signing policy.Finally, you can also use PSGopher's -OutFile parameter to download files (even with opportunistic encryption):
PS /Users/colin> Invoke-GopherRequest -TrySSL gopher://colincogle.name/0downloads/pgp.txt -OutFile pgp.txt
PS /Users/colin> Get-Item pgp.txt
Directory: /Users/colin
UnixMode User Group LastWriteTime Size Name
-------- ---- ----- ------------- ---- ----
-rw-r--r-- colin wheel 2/8/2022 08:05 5218 pgp.txtEnjoy Gopherspace!