Public/Get-VideoLanVlcPlayer.ps1
Function Get-VideoLanVlcPlayer { <# .SYNOPSIS Get the current version and download URL for VideoLAN VLC Media Player. .NOTES Site: https://stealthpuppy.com Author: Aaron Parker Twitter: @stealthpuppy .LINK https://github.com/aaronparker/Evergreen .EXAMPLE Get-VideoLanVlcPlayer Description: Returns the current version and download URLs for VLC Media Player on Windows (x86, x64) and macOS. #> [OutputType([System.Management.Automation.PSObject])] [CmdletBinding()] Param() #region Get current version for macOS $Content = Invoke-WebContent -Uri $script:resourceStrings.Applications.VideoLanVlcPlayer.UriMac $xml = [System.XML.XMLDocument] $Content $latest = $xml.rss.channel.item[$xml.rss.channel.item.Length - 1] $version = $latest.title.Trim("Version ") # Follow the URL returned to get the actual download URI If (Test-PSCore) { $URI = "https://get.videolan.org/vlc/$version/macosx/vlc-$version.dmg" Write-Warning -Message "PowerShell Core: skipping follow URL: $URI." } Else { $iwrParams = @{ Uri = "https://get.videolan.org/vlc/$version/macosx/vlc-$version.dmg" UserAgent = $script:resourceStrings.Applications.VideoLanVlcPlayer.UserAgent MaximumRedirection = 0 UseBasicParsing = $True ErrorAction = "SilentlyContinue" } $Response = Invoke-WebRequest @iwrParams $URI = $Response.Links[0].href } # Construct the output; Return the custom object to the pipeline $PSObject = [PSCustomObject] @{ Version = $version Platform = "macOS" URI = $URI } Write-Output -InputObject $PSObject #endregion #region Get current version for Windows ForEach ($platform in @("UriWin64", "UriWin32")) { $Content = Invoke-WebContent -Uri $script:resourceStrings.Applications.VideoLanVlcPlayer.$platform -Raw # Follow the URL returned to get the actual download URI If (Test-PSCore) { $URI = $Content[1] Write-Warning -Message "PowerShell Core: skipping follow URL: $URI." } Else { $iwrParams = @{ Uri = $Content[1] UserAgent = $script:resourceStrings.Applications.VideoLanVlcPlayer.UserAgent MaximumRedirection = 0 UseBasicParsing = $True ErrorAction = "SilentlyContinue" } $Response = Invoke-WebRequest @iwrParams $URI = $Response.Links[0].href } # Construct the output; Return the custom object to the pipeline $PSObject = [PSCustomObject] @{ Version = $Content[0] Platform = $platform.Replace("Uri", "") URI = $URI } Write-Output -InputObject $PSObject } #endregion } |