Functions/GenXdev.Webbrowser.Playwright/Resume-WebbrowserTabVideo.ps1
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############################################################################### <# .SYNOPSIS Resumes video playback in a YouTube browser tab. .DESCRIPTION Finds the active YouTube browser tab and resumes video playback by executing the play() method on any video elements found in the page. If no YouTube tab is found, the function throws an error. This function is particularly useful for automating video playback control in browser sessions. .LICENSE Copyright (C) 2026 René Vaessen / GenXdev This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. .EXAMPLE Resume-WebbrowserTabVideo .EXAMPLE wbvideoplay .NOTES Requires an active Chrome browser session with at least one YouTube tab open. The function will throw an error if no YouTube tab is found. ###############################################################################> function Resume-WebbrowserTabVideo { [CmdletBinding()] [Alias('wbvideoplay')] [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute('PSAvoidGlobalVars', '')] param ( ######################################################################## ) begin { # search for a youtube tab in the current browser session Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose 'Attempting to locate an active YouTube tab...' $null = GenXdev\Select-WebbrowserTab -Name '*youtube*' } process { # verify that a youtube tab was successfully found and selected if ($null -eq $Global:chromeSession) { throw 'No YouTube tab found in current browser session' } Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose 'YouTube tab found - initiating video playback...' # execute the play() method on all video elements in the current page $null = GenXdev\Get-WebbrowserTabDomNodes 'video' 'e.play()' Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose 'Video playback successfully resumed' } end { } } |