A PowerShell script to download video podcasts from Todd Klindt

Download-ToddKlindt.ps1

#Requires -version 4.0

<#
This is a script but it supports -Whatif and accepts parameters.

#>

[cmdletbinding(SupportsShouldProcess)]
Param (
[Parameter(Position = 0, HelpMessage = "Enter the path where you want to save the downloads")]
[ValidateNotNullorEmpty()]
[ValidateScript({Test-Path $_})]
[string]$Path = "D:\temp",
[ValidateScript({$_ -gt 0})]
[int]$Newest = 10
)

$uri = "http://www.toddklindt.com/netcast/WMVSmall/feed-wmv.rss"

#modify security so that the download will be over https
[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12

$data = Invoke-RestMethod $uri 

$data | Select Title,Summary,
@{Name="Length";Expression = {$_.duration -as [timespan]}},
@{Name="Published";Expression  = {$_.pubdate -as [datetime]}},
@{Name="SizeMB";Expression = {[math]::round($_.enclosure.length/1MB,2)}},Link |
Sort Published -Descending | Select -First $Newest | 
Out-GridView -title "Select one or more Todd Klindt video podcasts to download" -PassThru | 
foreach {
    $name = Split-Path $_.link -Leaf
    $out = Join-path -Path $path -ChildPath $name
    Write-host "Downloading $($_.link) to $out over HTTPS" -ForegroundColor Green
    if ($pscmdlet.ShouldProcess($out)) {
        Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $_.link -UseBasicParsing -OutFile $out
  }
}