#requires -version 2.0

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# Script: Get-QOTD.ps1
# Author: Jeffery Hicks
#    http://jdhitsolutions.com/blog
#    follow on Twitter: http://twitter.com/JeffHicks
# Date: 11/5/2010
# Version: 1.0
# Keywords: RSS, XML, WebClient
# Comments:
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# "Those who neglect to script are doomed to repeat their work."
#
#  ****************************************************************
#  * DO NOT USE IN A PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT UNTIL YOU HAVE TESTED *
#  * THOROUGHLY IN A LAB ENVIRONMENT. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.  IF   *
#  * YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS SCRIPT DOES OR HOW IT WORKS, *
#  * DO NOT USE IT OUTSIDE OF A SECURE, TEST SETTING.             *
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Function Get-QOTD {

    [cmdletBinding()]

    Param()

    Write-Verbose "Starting Get-QOTD"
    #create the webclient object
    $webclient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient  
    
    #define the url to connect to
    $url="http://feeds.feedburner.com/brainyquote/QUOTEBR"
    
    Write-Verbose "Connecting to $url" 
    Try
    {
        #retrieve the url and save results to an XML document
        [xml]$data =$webclient.downloadstring($url)
        #parse out the XML document to get the first item which
        #will be the most recent quote
        $quote=$data.rss.channel.item[0]
    }
    Catch
    {
        $msg="There was an error connecting to $url"
        $msg+=$_.Exception.Message
        Write-Warning $msg
    }

    if ($quote)
    {
        Write-Verbose $quote.OrigLink
        "{0} - {1}" -f $quote.Description,$quote.Title
    }
    else
    {
        Write-Warning "Failed to get data from $url"
    }

    Write-Verbose "Ending Get-QOTD"

} #end function

#OPTIONAL: create an alias
#Set-Alias -name "qotd" -Value Get-QOTD