A simple cached RSS reader. Fetches RSS feeds, displays mutliple feeds merged in date order, opens items in browser.
- ## Simplest RSS Reader
- ####################################################################################################
- ## Save this file as Start-RssReader.ps1
- ## Run it like:
- ## .\Start-RssReader "http://feeds.feedburner.com/powerscripting", "http://HuddledMasses.org/feed"
- ## And then:
- ## Get-RSS # to (re)fetch the feeds and view
- ## Show-RSS # to view without re-fetching
- ## Open-RSSItem 2 # to open an item in your browser
- ####################################################################################################
- PARAM(
- [string[]]$RssReaderUrls = $(do{
- $k = Read-Host "Specify an RSS Feed URL (hit Enter when done)"
- if($k) {write-output $k}
- } while($k) )
- )
- function global:Get-RSS {
- $webClient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
- $global:RssReaderNews = $RssReaderUrls | % { [xml]$webClient.DownloadString( $_ ) } |
- % { $_.rss.channel.item } |
- Sort { [DateTime]$_.pubDate } -Desc
- Show-RSS
- }
- function global:Show-RSS($days=7) {
- $script:index = -1
- $global:RssReaderNews | Where { ([DateTime]$_.pubDate).AddDays($days) -gt [DateTime]::Now } |
- ft @{l="Index";e={return $script:index++}},@{l="Day";e={$_.pubDate.split(",",2)[0]}}, title, link -auto
- }
- function global:Open-RssItem($index=0) {
- [Diagnostics.Process]::Start( $($global:RssReaderNews[$index].link) )
- }
- $global:RssReaderUrls = $RssReaderUrls
- Get-RSS
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