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Outputs a table of any comments that mention a KB number on the reddit.com/r/sysadmin monthly Patch Tuesday megathread
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# Get a list of posts from reddit.com/r/sysadmin front page | |
$posts = Invoke-RestMethod 'https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/.json' | |
# Get the URL for the patch tuesday megathread | |
$megathread = $posts.data.children.data.Where{$_.title -like '*Patch Tuesday Megathread*'} | |
$megathreadUrl = $megathread.Url | |
# Get the comments of the megathread | |
$comments = Invoke-RestMethod "$megathreadUrl.json" | |
# Iterate through the comments, match any KB#######. Case insensitive, there can be any single character between KB and the numbers. | |
$commentTable = $comments.data.children.data.ForEach{ | |
$match = ([regex]'(?i)kb\d{7}|(?i)kb.\d{7}').Matches($_.body); | |
if ($match.Value) { | |
# Return a custom object with the data we want to see | |
[PSCustomObject] @{ | |
Ups = $_.ups | |
KB = $match.Value -join ', ' | |
Body = $_.body | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
# Output the data | |
$commentTable |
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