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The list-suggestions.ps1 Script
This PowerShell script lists "Did you mean?" suggestions from Google.
Parameters
/home/markus/Repos/PowerShell/scripts/list-suggestions.ps1 [[-text] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
-text <String>
Specifies the word or sentence to get suggestions for.
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> ./list-suggestions.ps1 Joe
joe biden
joe cocker
...
Notes
Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
Related Links
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
Script Content
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Lists suggestions
.DESCRIPTION
This PowerShell script lists "Did you mean?" suggestions from Google.
.EXAMPLE
PS> ./list-suggestions.ps1 Joe
joe biden
joe cocker
...
.PARAMETER text
Specifies the word or sentence to get suggestions for.
.LINK
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>
param([string]$text = "")
try {
if ("$text" -eq "") { $text = read-host "Enter a word or sentence to get suggestions for" }
$URI = [uri]::escapeuristring("suggestqueries.google.com/complete/search?client=firefox&q=$text")
$Content = (Invoke-WebRequest -URI $URI -useBasicParsing).Content
($Content | ConvertFrom-Json).SyncRoot | Select-Object -Skip 1
exit 0 # success
} catch {
"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
exit 1
}
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