PesteringSysadmins.md

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PesteringSysadmins.ps1

Function ParseMarkdown
{
    $MarkdownPath = "$PSScriptRoot\Resources\PesteringSysadmins.md"
    $Object = [ordered]@{}
    $Sections = @($Object)

    switch -regex -file $MarkdownPath
    {
        '^# .*' # Section
        {
            $Name = ($Matches[0] -replace '^# ','').Trim()
            $Section = [ordered]@{}
            $Count = $Sections.Count
            $Sections[$Count - 1][$Name] = $Section
        }
        '^## .*' # Topic
        {
            $Topic = ($Matches[0] -replace '^## ','').Trim()
            if (!$Section[$Topic]) { $Section[$Topic] = [ordered]@{} }
        }
        '^\* \[.*' # Entry
        {        
            $Entry = ($Matches[0] -replace '^\* ','').Trim()
            $Parse = $Entry -match '^.*\[(.*)\].*\((.*)\)$'
            $Description = $Matches[1]
            $uri = $Matches[2]
            $Section[$Topic] += @{ $Description = $uri }
        }
    }
    Return $Object
}

PesteringSysadminsTests.ps1

Import-Module Pester

$here = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
$sut = (Split-Path -Leaf $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path).Replace('.Tests.', '.')
. "$here\$sut"

$Markdown = ParseMarkdown
Function Test-ResourceLinks ($InputObject)
{
    Describe 'Testing Resources' {

        foreach ($Section in $InputObject.Keys)
        {        
            foreach ($Topic in $InputObject.$Section.Keys)
            {
                Context "Testing URLs in [$($Section) - $($Topic)]" { 
                
                    foreach ($Entry in $InputObject.$Section.$Topic.Keys)
                    {
                        $Description = $Entry
                        $Uri = $InputObject.$Section.$Topic.$Description

                        It "[$($Description)] should have a working Url" {
                            Write-Verbose -Message "Testing Uri [$($Uri)]"

                            $Results = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $Uri -UseBasicParsing
                            $Results.StatusCode | Should Be '200'
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Test-ResourceLinks -InputObject $Markdown