Public/Invoke-WebSearch.ps1
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function Invoke-WebSearch { <# .SYNOPSIS Do a quick search online .DESCRIPTION Search anything using online search engine (Default: Google) .PARAMETER SearchQuery Search Querry to be searched for .PARAMETER SearchEngine Name of Search Engine to be used .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Invoke-WebSearch 'Invoke-Automation' Search Google for "Invoke-Automation" .INPUTS System.String The search query .OUTPUTS None Opens your default webbrowser with the search query .NOTES General notes #> [CmdletBinding()] [Alias('Google')] Param( [Parameter( Mandatory = $true, Position = 1, ValueFromPipeline = $true )] [String]$SearchQuery, [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, Position = 2 )] [String]$SearchEngine = 'Google' ) Begin{} Process { $SearchQuery = [Uri]::EscapeDataString($SearchQuery) switch ($SearchEngine) { "Google" { $URL = ('https://www.google.com/search?q=' + $SearchQuery) } "Bing" { $URL = ('http://www.bing.com/search?q=' + $SearchQuery) } Default { throw "Unknown Search Engine Specified" } } if ($URL) { Start-Process -FilePath $URL } } End{} } |