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#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# Standard base includes and define this as a metaclass of type
from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
__metaclass__ = type

# Important contants
from ansible import constants as C
# Common error handlers

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# 2021 - George Bowen
# Usage:
# Add this to your vscode powershell profile "code $profile",
# then, select any text in your editor, type alt+shift+s, select Convert Code Block to Snippet,
# which will return a json code block for you to add to your vscode snippets file

function ConvertTo-JsonCodeBlock {

    <#
    .SYNOPSIS

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<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Installs a given terraform plugin/provider from github
.EXAMPLE
    PS C:\> ./Install-TerraformPlugin -GitHubPath Mastercard/terraform-provider-restapi
    Install-TerraformPlugin will search github the repo: Mastercard/terraform-provider-restapi
    foo and check if the latest version has been added to the local terraform
    plugins dir. If not, it will downlaod and install it.
.NOTES
  - Only supports Windows at the moment. 

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function ConvertTo-ArrayList ( [PSCustomObject]$CustomObject ) {

    $ObjectProperties = $CustomObject.PSObject.Properties

    $IntermediateHashtable = @{}

    foreach ( $Property in $ObjectProperties ) {

        $IntermediateHashtable."$($Property.Name)" = $Property.Value

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function ConvertTo-BasicAuth {

    [cmdletbinding()]
    param (

        [Parameter( ValueFromPipeline )]
        [PSCredential]
        $Credential

    )

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function Write-LogMessage {

    <#
    .SYNOPSIS
        Console logging helper function.
    .DESCRIPTION
        For a given set of parameters, will create a standardized log message that can be written to any of
        the various output streams.

        For more documentation on the available output streams see this:

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function New-ReusableCommandArgs {

    <#
    .SYNOPSIS
        Creates a hashtable from the pararmters supplied to the function that has called this function
    .DESCRIPTION
        Determines which values are actually being used and returns them as a hash table
        which can be easily platted to other commands
        https://www.briantist.com/how-to/splatting-psboundparameters-default-values-optional-parameters/
    #>

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/*

	Inputs text into vmware console
	- VMware console MUST be running at same level as script. e.g elevated or not elevated
	- Intiate the hotkey from outside of vmware.
  	- This is useful for pasting long passwords or scripts
	- Usage: 
		1. Open vmware console
		2. Copy some content from your local machine to your clipboard
		3. Run the autohotkey script ( elevated if vmware console is running elevated ).

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function Get-PatchDownloadURLs {
    
    <#
    .SYNOPSIS
        Returns all download links for a given patch
    .DESCRIPTION
        A PATCH is not just a KB article ID, at least not in this sense. A patch
        is a GUID that represents a KB applied to a **specific** computer. 
    .NOTES
        Why am I doing it like this? 

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function Invoke-StringMatch {

    <#
    .SYNOPSIS
        Parses a list of strings and return the string most closely matching the provided string
    .DESCRIPTION
        Function will take a providded search string, remove special characters and create an array
        out of all the words in the string. 
        
        Then, it will loop through this array and check to see if a given word is found in any of