Functions/GenXdev.Webbrowser/Find-BrowserBookmark.ps1
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Part of PowerShell module : GenXdev.Webbrowser Original cmdlet filename : Find-BrowserBookmark.ps1 Original author : René Vaessen / GenXdev Version : 1.268.2025 ################################################################################ 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 Finds bookmarks from one or more web browsers. .DESCRIPTION Searches through bookmarks from Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, or Mozilla Firefox. Returns bookmarks that match one or more search queries in their name, URL, or folder path. If no queries are provided, returns all bookmarks from the selected browsers. .PARAMETER Queries One or more search terms to find matching bookmarks. Matches are found in the bookmark name, URL, or folder path using wildcard pattern matching. .PARAMETER Edge Switch to include Microsoft Edge bookmarks in the search. .PARAMETER Chrome Switch to include Google Chrome bookmarks in the search. .PARAMETER Firefox Switch to include Mozilla Firefox bookmarks in the search. .PARAMETER Count Maximum number of results to return. Must be a positive integer. Default is 99999999. .PARAMETER PassThru Switch to return complete bookmark objects instead of just URLs. Each bookmark object contains Name, URL, and Folder properties. .EXAMPLE Find-BrowserBookmark -Query "github" -Edge -Chrome -Count 10 Searches Edge and Chrome bookmarks for "github", returns first 10 URLs .EXAMPLE bookmarks powershell -e -ff -PassThru Searches Edge and Firefox bookmarks for "powershell", returns full objects #> function Find-BrowserBookmark { [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = 'Default')] [Alias('bookmarks')] param ( ######################################################################## [Alias('q', 'Name', 'Text', 'Query')] [parameter( Mandatory = $false, Position = 0, ValueFromRemainingArguments = $false, ValueFromPipeline = $true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true, HelpMessage = 'Search terms to find matching bookmarks' )] [SupportsWildcards()] [string[]] $Queries, ######################################################################## [Alias('e')] [parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Search through Microsoft Edge bookmarks' )] [switch] $Edge, ######################################################################## [Alias('ch')] [parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Search through Google Chrome bookmarks' )] [switch] $Chrome, ######################################################################## [Alias('ff')] [parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Search through Firefox bookmarks' )] [switch] $Firefox, ######################################################################## [parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Maximum number of results to return' )] [ValidateRange(1, [int]::MaxValue)] [int] $Count = 99999999, ######################################################################## [parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Return bookmark objects instead of just URLs' )] [switch] $PassThru ######################################################################## ) begin { Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose 'Initializing browser bookmark search' $bookmarksArguments = GenXdev.Helpers\Copy-IdenticalParamValues ` -BoundParameters $PSBoundParameters ` -FunctionName 'GenXdev.Webbrowser\Get-BrowserBookmark' ` -DefaultValues (Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Get-Variable -Scope Local -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) } process { # retrieve all bookmarks from selected browsers Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose 'Fetching bookmarks from selected browsers' $bookmarks = GenXdev.Webbrowser\Get-BrowserBookmark @bookmarksArguments # handle case when no search queries provided if (($null -eq $Queries) -or ($Queries.Length -eq 0)) { Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose 'No search terms specified - returning all bookmarks' $bookmarks | Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Select-Object -First $Count return } # search bookmarks for matches to any query terms Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose "Searching bookmarks for matches to $($Queries.Count) queries" $results = $Queries | Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\ForEach-Object { $query = $PSItem if (-not ($query.Contains('*') -or ($query.Contains('?')))) { $query = "*$query*" } Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose "Processing query: $query" $bookmarks | Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Where-Object { ($PSItem.Folder -like "$query") -or ($PSItem.Name -Like "$query") -or ($PSItem.URL -Like "$query") } } | Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Select-Object -First $Count # return either full bookmark objects or just URLs if ($PassThru) { Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose "Returning $($results.Count) bookmark objects" $results } else { Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose "Returning $($results.Count) bookmark URLs" $results | Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\ForEach-Object URL } } end { } } |