<# .SYNOPSIS Watch the news .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script continuously lists the latest headlines by using a RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed. .PARAMETER URL Specifies the URL to the RSS feed (Yahoo World News by default) .PARAMETER lines Specifies the initial number of headlines .PARAMETER timeInterval Specifies the time interval in seconds between two Web requests (60 seconds by default) .EXAMPLE PS> ./watch-news.ps1 UTC HEADLINES (source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/world) --- --------- 14:29 Niger coup: Ecowas deadline sparks anxiety in northern Nigeria ... .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> param([string]$URL = "https://news.yahoo.com/rss/world", [int]$timeInterval = 60) # in seconds function PrintLatestHeadlines([xml]$content, [string]$latestTimestamp, [string]$icon) { $items = $content.rss.channel.item [array]::Reverse($items) $newLatest = $latestTimestamp foreach($item in $items) { $pubDate = $item.pubDate if ($pubDate -le $latestTimestamp) { continue } $title = $item.title -replace "â","'" $time = $pubDate.Substring(11, 5) Write-Host "$time $title$icon" Start-Sleep -milliseconds 500 if ($pubDate -gt $newLatest) { $newLatest = $pubDate } } return $newLatest } try { [xml]$content = (Invoke-WebRequest -URI $URL -useBasicParsing).Content $title = $content.rss.channel.title.toUpper() $link = $content.rss.channel.link Write-Host "`n UTC HEADLINES (source: " -noNewline Write-Host $link -foregroundColor blue -noNewline Write-Host ")" Write-Host " --- ---------" $latestTimestamp = "2000-01-01" $icon = "" do { $latestTimestamp = PrintLatestHeadlines $content $latestTimestamp $icon $icon = "🆕" Start-Sleep -seconds $timeInterval [xml]$content = (Invoke-WebRequest -URI $URL -useBasicParsing).Content } while ($true) exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }