list-countries.ps1
[<CommonParameters>]
This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction,
WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Lists details of all countries
.DESCRIPTION
This PowerShell script lists details of all countries.
.EXAMPLE
PS> ./list-countries
.LINK
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>
function ListCountries {
$Countries = (Invoke-WebRequest -uri "https://restcountries.eu/rest/v2/all" -userAgent "curl" -useBasicParsing).Content | ConvertFrom-Json
foreach($Country in $Countries) {
New-Object PSObject -Property @{
'Country' = "$($Country.Name)"
'Capital' = "$($Country.Capital)"
'Population' = "$($Country.Population)"
'TLD' = "$($Country.TopLevelDomain)"
'Phone' = "+$($Country.CallingCodes)"
}
}
}
try {
ListCountries | format-table -property Country,Capital,Population,TLD,Phone
exit 0 # success
} catch {
"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
exit 1
}
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