function-Get-ChocoInfo.ps1
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.SYNOPSIS Get-Choco queries the Chocolatey Package Repository for a given PackageName. .DESCRIPTION Get-Choco queries the Chocolatey Package Repository for a given PackageName and returns a custom object containing the name, the author and a path to a temporarily downloaded image. .EXAMPLE PS> Get-ChocoInfo -PackageName GoogleChrome Returns Package Data Object for GoogleChrome .EXAMPLE PS> Get-ChocoInfo -PackageName GoogleChrome -OutputPath "$Env:temp\ChocoApp" Returns Package Data for Google Chrome as JSON File in $env:temp\ChocoApp #> function Get-ChocoInfo { [Cmdletbinding(DefaultParameterSetName="Default")] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory,ValueFromPipeline,Position=0)] [String[]]$PackageName, [Parameter(Mandatory,ParameterSetName="WithJson")] [ValidateScript({Test-Path $_})] [String]$OutputPath ) begin { <# try { $chocoExe = (Get-Command "choco.exe" -ErrorAction Stop | Where-Object {$_.CommandType -eq "Application"}).Source Write-Verbose "Detected Chocolatey executable in: $chocoExe" } catch [System.Management.Automation.CommandNotFoundException] { Write-Error -Message "Could not find Chocolatey Executable." } #> } process { $rtnObj = @() foreach ($package in $PackageName) { if (test-chocopackage -PackageName $package) { Write-Verbose "Fetching Data for package: $package" $cmd = $chocoExe + " info " + $package Write-Verbose "Native command is: $cmd" $cmdRtn = Invoke-Expression $cmd Write-Verbose "Chocolatey return was: $cmdRtn" $chocoObj = Get-ChocoApiData -PackageName $package # $webData = Get-ChocoWebData -PackageName $package # $chocoObj = $chocoObj | Select-Object -Property *,@{Name = "ImageUrl";Expression = {$webData.ImageUrl}},@{Name = "Author";Expression = {$webData.Author}} $rtnObj += $chocoObj } else { Write-Verbose "No such package: $package" } } } end { if ($OutputPath) { foreach ($pkgObj in $rtnObj) { Write-Verbose "JSON export has been selected." $jsonPath = Join-Path $OutputPath -ChildPath ($pkgObj.PackageName + ".json") Write-Verbose "Output Path will be: $jsonPath" try { $pkgObj | ConvertTo-Json | Out-File $jsonPath -ErrorAction Stop -Force Write-Verbose "Successfully saved JSON File" } catch [System.Management.Automation.ActionPreferenceStopException] { Write-Warning "Could not save JSON file: $jsonPath" } } } else { return $rtnObj } } } |