list-city-weather.ps1
[<CommonParameters>]
This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction,
WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Lists the weather of cities world-wide
.DESCRIPTION
This PowerShell script lists the current weather conditions of cities world-wide (west to east).
.EXAMPLE
PS> ./list-city-weather.ps1
.LINK
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>
function ListCityWeather {
$Cities="Hawaii","Los Angeles","Mexico City","Dallas","Miami","New York","Rio de Janeiro","Paris","London","Berlin","Cape Town","Dubai","Mumbai","Singapore","Hong Kong","Perth","Peking","Tokyo","Sydney"
foreach($City in $Cities) {
$Temp = (Invoke-WebRequest http://wttr.in/${City}?format="%t %c " -UserAgent "curl" -useBasicParsing).Content
$Clouds = (Invoke-WebRequest http://wttr.in/${City}?format="%h %p" -UserAgent "curl" -useBasicParsing).Content
$Wind = (Invoke-WebRequest http://wttr.in/${City}?format="%w" -UserAgent "curl" -useBasicParsing).Content
$Sun = (Invoke-WebRequest http://wttr.in/${City}?format="%S → %s" -UserAgent "curl" -useBasicParsing).Content
New-Object PSObject -Property @{ City="$City"; Temperature="$Temp"; Clouds="$Clouds"; Wind="$Wind"; Sun="$Sun" }
}
}
try {
ListCityWeather | Format-Table -property @{e='City';width=17},@{e='Temperature';width=15},@{e='Clouds';width=15},@{e='Wind';width=12},@{e='Sun';width=20}
exit 0 # success
} catch {
"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
exit 1
}
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