PowerShell/Docs/check-wind.md

The check-wind.ps1 PowerShell Script

This PowerShell script determines the current wind conditions and replies by text-to-speech (TTS).

Parameters

check-wind.ps1 [[-location] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

-location <String>
    Specifies the location to use (determined automatically per default)
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    1
    Default value                
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

[<CommonParameters>]
    This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, 
    WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.

Example

PS> ./check-wind

Notes

Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

Related Links

https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

Source Code

<# .SYNOPSIS Checks the wind conditions .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script determines the current wind conditions and replies by text-to-speech (TTS). .PARAMETER location Specifies the location to use (determined automatically per default) .EXAMPLE PS> ./check-wind .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #>

param([string]$location = "") # empty means determine automatically

try { $Weather = (Invoke-WebRequest http://wttr.in/${location}?format=j1 -userAgent "curl" -useBasicParsing).Content | ConvertFrom-Json $WindSpeed = $Weather.current_condition.windspeedKmph $WindDir = $Weather.current_condition.winddir16Point $Area = $Weather.nearest_area.areaName.value $Region = $Weather.nearest_area.region.value

& "$PSScriptRoot/give-reply.ps1" "$($WindSpeed)km/h wind from $WindDir at $Area ($Region)."
exit 0 # success

} catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }

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