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ConvertTo-VSCodeSnippet.ps1

<#PSScriptInfo

.VERSION 0.1.0

.GUID 05c41fde-bd40-4dd3-a72e-12ec14a50676

.AUTHOR Tyler Leonhardt

.COMPANYNAME Tyler Leonhardt

.COPYRIGHT (c) Tyler Leonhardt

.TAGS snippets vscode converter

.LICENSEURI https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/blob/master/LICENSE.txt

.PROJECTURI https://gist.github.com/tylerl0706/3d1618572f7a424dab812e9cce5e3a15

.ICONURI https://gist.github.com/tylerl0706/3d1618572f7a424dab812e9cce5e3a15#file-license-txt

.EXTERNALMODULEDEPENDENCIES 

.REQUIREDSCRIPTS 

.EXTERNALSCRIPTDEPENDENCIES 

.RELEASENOTES
# 0.1.0

Initial Release


.PRIVATEDATA 

#>

<#
.SYNOPSIS
A PowerShell script to help create VSCode snippets.

.DESCRIPTION
A PowerShell script to help create VSCode snippets. For more information on snippets, please see: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/userdefinedsnippets

.PARAMETER Name
The name of the snippet.

.PARAMETER Body
The body of the snippet. This is the actual content.

.PARAMETER Prefix
The prefix used when selecting the snippet in intellisense.

.PARAMETER Scope
A list of language names to which this snippet applies. If left blank, it will apply to all languages.

.PARAMETER Description
The snippet description.

.PARAMETER IndentationType
The indentation you want to use. Options are: Tabs, 2Spaces, 4Spaces. 4Spaces is the default.

.EXAMPLE
$body = "
Get-Process
$hello = 'World'
$hello
"
# Take a string and turn it into a snippet
./ConvertTo-VSCodeSnippet.ps1 -Name Foo -Body $body -Scope 'powershell'

.EXAMPLE
# Without Scope, this snippet will apply to all languages
./ConvertTo-VSCodeSnippet.ps1 -Name Foo -Body $body

.EXAMPLE
# Body is also accepted from the pipeline
$body | ./ConvertTo-VSCodeSnippet.ps1 -Name Foo

.EXAMPLE
# Full invocation
./ConvertTo-VSCodeSnippet.ps1 -Name Foo -Body content -Scope 'powershell','javascript' -Prefix foo -Description 'The best'

#>
[CmdletBinding()]
param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
    [string]
    $Name,

    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
    [string]
    $Body,

    [Parameter()]
    [string]
    $Prefix = $Name,

    [Parameter()]
    [string[]]
    $Scope,

    [Parameter()]
    [string]
    $Description,

    [ValidateSet('Tabs','2Spaces','4Spaces')]
    [string]
    $IndentationType = '4Spaces'
)

function EscapeString {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
        [string]
        $Value,

        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string[]]
        $Escape
    )
    
    $result = $Value
    $Escape | ForEach-Object { $result = $result -replace $_, "\$_" }
    $result
}

# Set the indentation type
if ($IndentationType -eq '4Spaces') {
    $indent = '    '
} elseif ($IndentationType -eq '2Spaces') {
    $indent = '  '
} else {
    $indent = "`t"
}

# Normalize string and split it by newline character. Also wrap it's line in quotes.
$result = (EscapeString -Value $Body -Escape '\$','"') `
    -split [System.Environment]::NewLine |
    ForEach-Object { "`"$_`"" }

# Wrap the previous result in the json property string
$bodyProp = "`n$indent`"body`":[
$indent$indent$($result -join ",`n$indent$indent")
$indent]"

# Wrap the prefix in the json property string
$prefixProp = "$indent`"prefix`":`"$Prefix`","

# If a scope is specified, wrap it in the json property string
if($Scope) {
    $scopeProp = "`n$indent`"scope`":`"$($Scope -join ',')`","
} else {
    $scopeProp = ""
}

# If a description is specified, wrap it in the json property string
if($Description) {
    $descriptionProp = "`n$indent`"description`":`"$(EscapeString -Value $Description -Escape '"')`","
} else {
    $descriptionProp = ""
}

# Return the full snippet
"`"$(EscapeString -Value $Name -Escape '"')`": {
$prefixProp$scopeProp$descriptionProp$bodyProp
}"

LICENSE.txt

All rights reserved.

MIT License

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the ""Software""), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED *AS IS*, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:  THE SOFTWARE ALSO CONTAINS THIRD PARTY AND OTHER
PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE THAT ARE GOVERNED BY SEPARATE LICENSE TERMS. BY ACCEPTING
THE LICENSE TERMS ABOVE, YOU ALSO ACCEPT THE LICENSE TERMS GOVERNING THE
THIRD PARTY AND OTHER SOFTWARE, WHICH ARE SET FORTH IN ThirdPartyNotices.txt