Get-BinaryDownloadCommand.ps1
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function Get-BinaryDownloadCommand { param ( # path to download the executable to # if omitted, temporary folder is used [string] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] $Path = "$env:temp$env:tmpdir" ) # tool is OS specific so lets figure out the correct tool name # add PS7 variables to older powershell versions: if ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -le 5) { $IsWindows = $true $IsMacOs = $IsLinux = $false } # determine OS-specific tool executable name: $toolname = if ($IsWindows) { 'yt-dlp_min.exe' } elseif ($IsMacOs) { 'yt-dlp_macos' } elseif ($IsLinux) { 'yt-dlp' } # already present? $filepath = Join-Path -Path $Path -ChildPath yt-dlp_min.exe $exists = Test-Path -Path $filepath if ($exists) { return $filepath } # no, let's download the latest release available (newest) # first, find out the latest release number from github: $info = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest -Headers @{Accept='application/json'} -UseBasicParsing $release = $info.tag_name # second, construct the download path for the required OS-specific tool: $url = "https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/download/$release/$toolname" # third, download the file and unblock it (on Windows) # make sure TLS1.2 is supported (on older Windows systems it may not) #l[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -band [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12 Invoke-RestMethod -UseBasicParsing -Uri $url -OutFile $filepath if ($IsWindows) { Unblock-File -Path $filepath } # return the downloaded media file absolute path: return $filepath } |