Functions/GenXdev.Console.Spotify/Search-SpotifyAndPlay.ps1
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Part of PowerShell module : GenXdev.Console.Spotify Original cmdlet filename : Search-SpotifyAndPlay.ps1 Original author : René Vaessen / GenXdev Version : 1.270.2025 ################################################################################ MIT License Copyright 2021-2025 GenXdev Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. ################################################################################> ############################################################################### <# .SYNOPSIS Performs a Spotify search and plays the first found item. .DESCRIPTION Searches Spotify using the provided query string and automatically plays the first matching item on the currently active Spotify device. Can search for different types of content including tracks, albums, artists, playlists, shows and episodes. .PARAMETER Queries One or more search phrases to look for on Spotify. Each query will be processed in sequence. .PARAMETER SearchType The type of content to search for. Valid options are: - Track (default) - Album - Artist - Playlist - Show - Episode - All .EXAMPLE Search-SpotifyAndPlay -Queries "Rage against the machine" -SearchType Track .EXAMPLE fmp "Dire Straits You and your friend" #> function Search-SpotifyAndPlay { [CmdletBinding()] [Alias('smp', 'fmp')] param ( ######################################################################## [parameter( Mandatory = $true, Position = 0, ValueFromPipeline = $true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true, HelpMessage = 'One or more search phrases to look for on Spotify' )] [Alias('q', 'Name', 'Text', 'Query')] [string[]] $Queries, ######################################################################## [parameter( Position = 1, Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'The type of content to search for' )] [Alias('t')] [SpotifyAPI.Web.SearchRequest+Types] $SearchType = [SpotifyAPI.Web.SearchRequest+Types]::Track ######################################################################## ) begin { Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose "Search type bit mask: $SearchType" } process { foreach ($Query in $Queries) { Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose "Searching Spotify for: $Query" # search spotify and play the first matching item [GenXdev.Helpers.Spotify]::SearchAndPlay( (GenXdev.Console\Get-SpotifyApiToken), $Query, $SearchType) | Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\ForEach-Object { if ($null -ne $PSItem) { $PSItem } } -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue } } end { } } |