PowerShell/scripts/watch-news.ps1
2024-11-22 14:40:07 +01:00

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<#
.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 (by: 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 (by: " -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
}