A PowerShell function to get a quote of the day from BrainyQuote.com.

Get-Qotd.ps1

#requires -version 4.0


Function Get-QOTD {
<#
.Synopsis
Download quote of the day.
.Description
Using Invoke-RestMethod download the quote of the day from the BrainyQuote RSS feed. The URL parameter has the necessary default value.
.Example
PS C:\> get-qotd
"We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them." - Khalil Gibran
.Link
Invoke-RestMethod
#>

    [cmdletBinding()]
    [OutputType("String")]
    [Alias("qotd")]

    Param()

    Write-Verbose "[$(Get-Date)] Starting Get-QOTD"  

    Try
    {
        #retrieve the url using Invoke-RestMethod
        Write-Verbose "[$(Get-Date)] Running Invoke-Restmethod"
        
        #if there is an exception, store it in my own variable.
        $params = @{
         Uri = "http://feeds.feedburner.com/brainyquote/QUOTEBR"
         ErrorAction = "Stop" 
         ErrorVariable = "myErr" 
         UseBasicParsing = $True
         DisableKeepAlive = $True
        }
        write-Verbose "[$(Get-Date)] Getting latest quote from $($params.uri)." 
        $data = Invoke-RestMethod @params

        #The first quote will be the most recent
        Write-Verbose "[$(Get-Date)] retrieved data"
        $quote = $data[0]
    }
    Catch
    {
        $msg = "There was an error connecting to $url. "
        $msg += "$($myErr.Message)."

        Write-Warning $msg
    }

    #only process if we got a valid quote response
    if ($quote.description)
    {
        Write-Verbose "[$(Get-Date)] Processing $($quote.OrigLink)"
        #write a quote string to the pipeline
        "{0} - {1}" -f $quote.Description,$quote.Title
    }
    else
    {
        Write-Warning "Failed to get expected QOTD data from $url."
    }

    Write-Verbose "[$(Get-Date)] Ending Get-QOTD"

} #end Get-QOTD