PowerShell/Scripts/list-news.ps1

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<#
.SYNOPSIS
Lists the news
.DESCRIPTION
This PowerShell script lists the latest news by using RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds.
.PARAMETER RSS_URL
Specifies the URL to the RSS feed (Yahoo News by default)
.PARAMETER MaxCount
Specifies the number of lines to list (20 by default)
.EXAMPLE
PS> ./list-news
.LINK
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>
param([string]$RSS_URL = "https://yahoo.com/news/rss/world", [int]$MaxCount = 20)
try {
[xml]$Content = (Invoke-WebRequest -URI $RSS_URL -useBasicParsing).Content
[int]$Count = 1
foreach ($Item in $Content.rss.channel.item) {
# "→ $($Item.title)"
& "$PSScriptRoot/write-typewriter.ps1" "$($Item.title)" 30 # ms speed
if ($Count++ -eq $MaxCount) { break }
}
$Source = $Content.rss.channel.title
$Date = $Content.rss.channel.pubDate
" Updated: $Date by: $Source"
exit 0 # success
} catch {
"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
exit 1
}