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Generate a shortened Uri using TinyURL
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function New-ShortenedUri { | |
<# | |
.SYNOPSIS | |
Genereates a shortened Uri. | |
.DESCRIPTION | |
Genereates a shorted Uri based on the provided Uri using the TinyUrl service. | |
.PARAMETER Uri | |
A mandatory Uri to be shortened. | |
.PARAMETER CopyToClipboard | |
An optional switch that copies the shortened Uri to the clipboard if specified. | |
.EXAMPLE | |
PS:\> New-ShortenedUri -Uri 'https://domain.tld' -CopyToClipBoard | |
Generates a shortened Uri and copies it to the clipboard. | |
.INPUTS | |
[System.Uri] | |
.OUTPUTS | |
[System.String] | |
.NOTES | |
This function requires an internet connection to access the TinyUrl API endpoint. | |
This function requires the Microsoft.PowerShell.Management and Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility modules. | |
#> | |
#Requires -Modules Microsoft.PowerShell.Management | |
#Requires -Modules Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility | |
[CmdletBinding()] | |
[Alias("nsu")] | |
param( | |
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true, ValueFromPipeline = $true)] | |
[System.Uri]$Uri, | |
[Parameter(Mandatory = $false)] | |
[switch]$CopyToClipboard | |
) | |
begin {} | |
process { | |
$output = [System.Uri]::new("$(Invoke-RestMethod -Method GET -Uri "http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=$uri")").AbsoluteUri | |
if ( $PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('CopyToClipboard') ) { | |
$output | Set-Clipboard | |
} | |
$output | |
} | |
end {} | |
} |
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