Get-RSSFeed_October_Scripting_Games.ps1

function Get-RSSFeed {
    <#
    .SYNOPSIS
    Reads RSS feeds from supplied URI\s and outputs the Title, Link and Description properties
    .PARAMETER URI
    Parameter supports one or more URIs representing RSS feeds
    .EXAMPLE
    Get-RSSFeed -uri "http://rss.msn.com/", "http://www.npr.org/rss/rss.php?id=1019" | Out-GridView
    Pulls the RSS feed from both MSN.COM and NPR.org, and displays the article's Title, Description and Link in a grid view.
    .EXAMPLE
    "http://rss.msn.com/", "http://www.npr.org/rss/rss.php?id=1019" | Get-RSSFeed | Export-CSV RSSFeeds.csv -NoTypeInformation
    Pulls the RSS feed from both MSN.COM and NPR.org using pipeline input, and displays the article's Title, Description and Link to a csv file.
    #>
    [CmdLetBinding()]
    Param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$True, ValueFromPipeline=$True)]
        [string[]]$uri
    )#param
    Begin{}#begin
    Process {
        ForEach ($target in $uri) {
            $Content = [xml](Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $target -ContentType "text/xml")
            $content.rss.channel.ChildNodes | Where-Object {$_.title -ne $null} | Select-Object Title, @{Label = 'Description'; Expression = {$_.Description.ToString()}}, Link
        }#foreach
    }#process
    End{}#end
}#function