Functions/GenXdev.Webbrowser.Playwright/Resume-WebbrowserTabVideo.ps1
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Part of PowerShell module : GenXdev.Webbrowser.Playwright Original cmdlet filename : Resume-WebbrowserTabVideo.ps1 Original author : René Vaessen / GenXdev Version : 1.300.2025 ################################################################################ Copyright (c) René Vaessen / GenXdev Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. ################################################################################> ############################################################################### <# .SYNOPSIS Resumes video playback in a YouTube browser tab. .DESCRIPTION Finds the active YouTube browser tab and resumes video playback by executing the play() method on any video elements found in the page. If no YouTube tab is found, the function throws an error. This function is particularly useful for automating video playback control in browser sessions. .EXAMPLE Resume-WebbrowserTabVideo .EXAMPLE wbvideoplay .NOTES Requires an active Chrome browser session with at least one YouTube tab open. The function will throw an error if no YouTube tab is found. ###############################################################################> function Resume-WebbrowserTabVideo { [CmdletBinding()] [Alias('wbvideoplay')] [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute('PSAvoidGlobalVars', '')] param ( ######################################################################## ) begin { # search for a youtube tab in the current browser session Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose 'Attempting to locate an active YouTube tab...' $null = GenXdev.Webbrowser\Select-WebbrowserTab -Name '*youtube*' } process { # verify that a youtube tab was successfully found and selected if ($null -eq $Global:chromeSession) { throw 'No YouTube tab found in current browser session' } Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose 'YouTube tab found - initiating video playback...' # execute the play() method on all video elements in the current page $null = GenXdev.Webbrowser\Get-WebbrowserTabDomNodes 'video' 'e.play()' Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose 'Video playback successfully resumed' } end { } } |