Public/Get-VideoLanVlcPlayer.ps1
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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() # Get application resource strings from its manifest $res = Get-FunctionResource -AppName ("$($MyInvocation.MyCommand)".Split("-"))[1] Write-Verbose -Message $res.Name #region Get current version for macOS $Content = Invoke-WebContent -Uri $res.Get.Uri.macOS If ($Null -ne $Content) { try { $xml = [System.XML.XMLDocument] $Content $latest = $xml.rss.channel.item | Select-Object -Last 1 $version = $latest.title.Trim("Version ") } catch { Write-Verbose -Message "Error reading the update URL and converting to XML." } # 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 = $res.Get.UserAgent MaximumRedirection = 0 UseBasicParsing = $True ErrorAction = "SilentlyContinue" } $Response = Invoke-WebRequest @iwrParams $URI = $Response.Links[0].href } # Construct the output; Return the custom object to the pipeline ForEach ($extension in $res.Get.Extensions.macOS) { $PSObject = [PSCustomObject] @{ Version = $version Platform = "macOS" Architecture = "x64" Type = $extension URI = $URI } Write-Output -InputObject $PSObject } } #endregion #region Get current version for Windows ForEach ($platform in $res.Get.Uri.Windows.GetEnumerator()) { $Content = Invoke-WebContent -Uri $res.Get.Uri.Windows[$platform.Key] -Raw # Follow the URL returned to get the actual download URI If ($Null -ne $Content) { If (Test-PSCore) { $URI = $Content[1] Write-Warning -Message "PowerShell Core: skipping follow URL: $URI." } Else { $iwrParams = @{ Uri = $Content[1] UserAgent = $res.Get.UserAgent MaximumRedirection = 0 UseBasicParsing = $True ErrorAction = "SilentlyContinue" } $Response = Invoke-WebRequest @iwrParams $URI = $Response.Links[0].href } # Construct the output; Return the custom object to the pipeline ForEach ($extension in $res.Get.Extensions.Windows) { $PSObject = [PSCustomObject] @{ Version = $Content[0] Platform = "Windows" Architecture = $platform.Name Type = $extension URI = $URI -replace ".exe$", (".$extension").ToLower() } Write-Output -InputObject $PSObject } } } #endregion } |