{"id":124,"date":"2007-05-07T18:31:32","date_gmt":"2007-05-08T02:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/testblog.sapien.com\/index.php\/2007\/05\/07\/live-search-in-windows-powershell\/"},"modified":"2007-05-07T18:31:32","modified_gmt":"2007-05-08T02:31:32","slug":"live-search-in-windows-powershell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/07\/live-search-in-windows-powershell\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Search in Windows PowerShell"},"content":{"rendered":"

This was just too cool not to share: Put this function into a PowerShell script file named LiveSearch.ps1. Then, dot-source the function into the shell:<\/p>\n

. path\/LiveSearch<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then, get search results:<\/p>\n

$hits = Get-SearchResults “PrimalScript”
$hits<\/strong> alone will display the hits
$hits[0].title<\/strong> displays the first hit’s title
$hits[0].Open()<\/strong> opens the first hit in a new IE window<\/p>\n

Neat, eh?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Function Get-SearchResults {
    param<\/span>([string] $searchstring=$(throw<\/span> "Please specify a search string."<\/span>))
    $client = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
    [xml]$results = $client.DownloadString("http:\/\/search.live.com\/results.aspx?q="<\/span> + $searchstring + "&format=rss"<\/span>)
    $channel = $results.rss.channel
    foreach<\/span> ($item in<\/span> $channel.item) {
        $result = New-Object PSObject
        $result | Add-Member NoteProperty Title -value $item.title
        $result | Add-Member NoteProperty Link -value $item.link
        $result | Add-Member NoteProperty Description -value $item.description
        $result | Add-Member NoteProperty PubDate -value $item.pubdate
        $sb = {
             $ie = New-Object -com internetexplorer.application
            $ie.navigate($this.link)
            $ie.visible = $true
        }
        $result | Add-Member ScriptMethod Open -value $sb
        $result
    }
}<\/pre>\n