PowerShell/Docs/weather-report.md

weather-report.ps1

This PowerShell script lists the local weather report.

Parameters

PS> ./weather-report.ps1 [[-GeoLocation] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

-GeoLocation <String>
    Specifies the geographic location to use (determine automatically by 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> ./weather-report Paris

Notes

Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

Related Links

https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

Script Content

<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Lists the local weather report
.DESCRIPTION
	This PowerShell script lists the local weather report.
.PARAMETER GeoLocation
	Specifies the geographic location to use (determine automatically by default)
.EXAMPLE
	PS> ./weather-report Paris
.LINK
	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
	Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>

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

try {
	(Invoke-WebRequest http://v2d.wttr.in/$GeoLocation -userAgent "curl" -useBasicParsing).Content
	exit 0 # success
} catch {
	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}

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