Functions/GenXdev.Queries/Invoke-WebbrowserTabPollingScript.ps1
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Part of PowerShell module : GenXdev.Queries Original cmdlet filename : Invoke-WebbrowserTabPollingScript.ps1 Original author : René Vaessen / GenXdev Version : 1.272.2025 ################################################################################ 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 Executes a background polling script in a previously selected webbrowser tab. .DESCRIPTION Continuously executes JavaScript in a browser tab and processes results through an optional callback. The script runs in a separate thread to prevent blocking. .PARAMETER Scripts JavaScript code, URLs, or file paths to execute in the browser tab. .PARAMETER InitialUrl Optional URL to navigate to before starting the polling process. .PARAMETER Callback Optional scriptblock that processes results after each poll iteration. .EXAMPLE Invoke-WebbrowserTabPollingScript -Scripts "console.log('polling')" ` -InitialUrl "https://example.com" ` -Callback { Write-Host "Polled" } .NOTES Requires Windows 10 or later. #> function Invoke-WebbrowserTabPollingScript { [CmdletBinding()] [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute('PSAvoidGlobalVars', '')] [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute('PSUseUsingScopeModifierInNewRunspaces', '')] param( ####################################################################### [Parameter( Position = 0, Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'JavaScript code, URLs or file paths to execute', ValueFromPipeline = $true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true )] [Alias('FullName')] [object[]] $Scripts, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Position = 1, Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'URL to navigate to before polling starts' )] [string] $InitialUrl, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Position = 2, Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Callback scriptblock to process poll results' )] [ScriptBlock] $Callback ####################################################################### ) begin { Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose "Starting browser tab polling with $( $Scripts.Count) scripts" # validate scripts parameter if provided if ($Scripts) { foreach ($script in $Scripts) { if ($script -isnot [string]) { throw 'Scripts must be strings containing JavaScript, URLs, or file paths' } } } } process { # initialize thread job to run polling in background $job = ThreadJob\Start-ThreadJob ` -InitializationScript { Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Import-Module GenXdev.Queries } ` -ScriptBlock { param ($scripts, $reference, $initialUrl, $callback) # initialize global state $global:data = @{ urls = @() query = $Query } # select the target browser tab GenXdev.Webbrowser\Select-WebbrowserTab -ByReference $reference # navigate to initial url if specified if (![string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($initialUrl)) { $null = GenXdev.Webbrowser\Invoke-WebbrowserEvaluation ` "document.location.href='$initialUrl'" -NoAutoSelectTab } # start polling loop do { Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 250 # execute scripts in browser $null = GenXdev.Webbrowser\Invoke-WebbrowserEvaluation ` -Scripts $scripts -NoAutoSelectTab # process results via callback if provided if ($null -ne $callback) { try { Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock $callback ` -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue } catch { Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Warning $PSItem.Exception } # reselect browser tab after callback GenXdev.Webbrowser\Select-WebbrowserTab -ByReference $reference } } while ($global:data.more) } -ArgumentList @( $Scripts, (GenXdev.Webbrowser\Get-ChromiumSessionReference), $InitialUrl, $Callback ) $null = Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Wait-Job -Job $job Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Receive-Job -Job $job $null = Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Remove-Job -Job $job Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose "Started polling job with ID: $($job.Id)" } end { } } |