Private/Sort-CatalogResults.ps1
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function Sort-CatalogResults { [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [string] $Uri, [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [ValidateSet("Title", "Products", "Classification", "LastUpdated", "Size")] [string] $SortBy, [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [switch] $Descending, [Parameter(DontShow)] [string] $EventArgument, [Parameter(DontShow)] [string] $EventValidation, [Parameter(DontShow)] [string] $ViewState, [Parameter(DontShow)] [string] $ViewStateGenerator ) $EventTarget = switch ($SortBy) { {$_ -eq "Title"} {'ctl00$catalogBody$updateMatches$ctl02$titleHeaderLink'} {$_ -eq "Products"} {'ctl00$catalogBody$updateMatches$ctl02$productsHeaderLink'} {$_ -eq "Classification"} {'ctl00$catalogBody$updateMatches$ctl02$classHeaderLink'} {$_ -eq "LastUpdated"} {'ctl00$catalogBody$updateMatches$ctl02$dateHeaderLink'} {$_ -eq "Size"} {'ctl00$catalogBody$updateMatches$ctl02$sizeHeaderLink'} } $Params = @{ Uri = $Uri Method = "Post" EventArgument = $EventArgument EventTarget = $EventTarget EventValidation = $EventValidation ViewState = $ViewState ViewStateGenerator = $ViewStateGenerator } $Res = Invoke-CatalogRequest @Params # By default the LastUpdated field is sorted in descending order from the catalog website the first time you # issue the sort POST request. All the other fields are sorted in ascending order first as you would expect. # To ensure that this sort function is predictable we re-request the sorted request if the SortBy parameter is LastUpdated # and the Descending parameter is $false in order to return the results sorted in ascending order which is what would # be expected. if (($SortBy -eq "LastUpdated") -and -not $Descending) { $Params = @{ Uri = $Uri Method = "Post" EventArgument = $Res.EventArgument EventTarget = $EventTarget EventValidation = $Res.EventValidation ViewState = $Res.ViewState ViewStateGenerator = $Res.ViewStateGenerator } $Res = Invoke-CatalogRequest @Params } elseif (($SortBy -ne "LastUpdated") -and $Descending) { $Params = @{ Uri = $Uri Method = "Post" EventArgument = $Res.EventArgument EventTarget = $EventTarget EventValidation = $Res.EventValidation ViewState = $Res.ViewState ViewStateGenerator = $Res.ViewStateGenerator } $Res = Invoke-CatalogRequest @Params } $Res } |