Advent of Code 2021 Day 1 Part 1

#https://adventofcode.com/2021/day/1

# WebRequest to gather your puzzle input
$cookie_id = "53616xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
$session = New-Object Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WebRequestSession
$session.Cookies.Add((New-Object System.Net.Cookie("session", $cookie_id, "/", ".adventofcode.com")))
$measurements = Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Uri "https://adventofcode.com/2021/day/1/input"
-WebSession $session `

# Format the input content as an array by splitting it line by line and removing empty lines
$measurements = $measurements.Content -split("\n") | ? {$_}


$increase_count = 0
for ($i=1; $i -lt $measurements.Count; $i++){
    if ($measurements[$i-1] -lt $measurements[$i]){
        $increase_count++
    }
}
$increase_count