Download All the DerbyCon 2016 Videos

Invoke-DerbyCon2016VideoDownload.ps1

[cmdletbinding()]

Param (

    [string] $DerbyConFileList = 'https://ia601502.us.archive.org/16/items/DerbyCon6/DerbyCon6_files.xml',

    [string] $BaseDownloadUrl = 'https://archive.org/download/DerbyCon6/',

    [string] $DestinationFolder = $($HOME + '\Videos\DerbyCon6')

)

Process {

    # Make sure the destination folder exists

    if (!(Test-Path $DestinationFolder)) {

        # If it doesn't, create it

        New-Item $DestinationFolder -ItemType Directory `
                                    -Force `
                                    -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null

    }

    # Get the file metadata

    ((Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $DerbyConFileList).Content) -as [xml] |

    ForEach-Object { $_.files.file } |

    Where-Object { $_.name -match '.mp4' } |

    # Download the video files

    ForEach-Object {

        Invoke-WebRequest   -Uri $($BaseDownloadUrl + $_.name) `
                            -Out $($DestinationFolder + '\' + $_.name)

    }

} # End of Process ScriptBlock

<#

    .SYNOPSIS

        Downloads DerbyCon 2016 Videos.


    .DESCRIPTION

        Downloads DerbyCon 2016 Videos.


    .PARAMETER DerbyConFileList

        Metadata about the DerbyCon 2016 video files.
        'https://ia601502.us.archive.org/16/items/DerbyCon6/DerbyCon6_files.xml'


    .PARAMETER BaseDownloadUrl

        Base URL for DerbyCon 2016 videos hosted on archive.org.
        'https://archive.org/download/DerbyCon6/'


    .PARAMETER DestinationFolder

        Folder where you want to save the DerbyCon 2016 video files.


    .EXAMPLE

        .\Invoke-DerbyCon2016VideoDownload.ps1
        Downloads all the DerbyCon 2016 videos to the Videos folder in your home directory.


    .NOTES

        Author:   Jason Adsit (@CipherScruples)
        Version:  1.0
        Date:     2016-09-26T21:30:18
        Tag:      Q2lwaGVyU2NydXBsZXM=
        orcid:    0000-0002-0030-5301
        guid:     22822ece-007b-424a-baaa-454ac4dc7296

#>