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. #> [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 $res.Name #region Get current version for Windows ForEach ($platform in $res.Get.Uri.Windows.GetEnumerator()) { $Content = Invoke-WebRequestWrapper -Uri $res.Get.Uri.Windows[$platform.Key] -Raw If ($Null -ne $Content) { # Follow the download link which will return a 301 $rruParams = @{ Uri = $Content[1] UserAgent = $res.Get.UserAgent } $redirectUrl = Resolve-InvokeWebRequest @rruParams # Construct the output; Return the custom object to the pipeline ForEach ($extension in $res.Get.Extensions.Windows) { $PSObject = [PSCustomObject] @{ Version = $Content[0] Platform = "Windows" Architecture = $platform.Name Type = $extension URI = $redirectUrl -replace ".exe$", (".$extension").ToLower() } Write-Output -InputObject $PSObject } } } #endregion } |