Functions/Logging/Convertto-TextAsciiArt.ps1
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.SYNOPSIS Convertto-TextASCIIArt converts text string to ASCII Art. .DESCRIPTION The Convertto-TextASCIIArt show normal string or text as big font nicely on console. I have created one font for use (It is not exactly font but background color and cannot be copied), alternatively if you are using online parameter it will fetch more fonts online from 'http://artii.herokuapp.com'. .PARAMETER Text This is common parameter for inbuilt and online and incase not provided default value is '# This is test !', If you are using inbuilt font small letter will convert to capital letter. .PARAMETER FontName There are wide variaty of font list available on http://artii.herokuapp.com/fonts_list, when using online parameter, Value provided here is case sensetive. .PARAMETER FontColor Below is the list of font color can be used to show ascii art. 'Black', 'DarkBlue','DarkGreen','DarkCyan', 'DarkRed','DarkMagenta','DarkYellow','Gray','DarkGray','Blue','Green','Cyan','Red','Magenta','Yellow','White' .INPUTS [System.String] .OUTPUTS [console] .NOTES Version: 1.0 Author: Kunal Udapi Creation Date: 30 September 2017 Purpose/Change: Personal use to show text to ascii art. Useful URLs: http://vcloud-lab.com, http://artii.herokuapp.com/fonts_list .EXAMPLE PS C:\>.\Convertto-TextASCIIArt -Text "http://vcloud-lab.com" -FontColor Gray -Fontname big _ _ _ ____ _ _ _ _ | | | | | | _ / / / | | | | | | | | | |__ | |_| |_ _ __(_) / / /_ _____| | ___ _ _ __| |______| | __ _| |__ ___ ___ _ __ ___ | '_ \| __| __| '_ \ / / /\ \ / / __| |/ _ \| | | |/ _` |______| |/ _` | '_ \ / __/ _ \| '_ ` _ \ | | | | |_| |_| |_) | / / / \ V / (__| | (_) | |_| | (_| | | | (_| | |_) | (__ (_) | | | | | | |_| |_|\__|\__| .__(_)_/_/ \_/ \___|_|\___/ \__,_|\__,_| |_|\__,_|_.__(_)___\___/|_| |_| |_| | | |_| Shows and converts text to cool ascii art from online site http://artii.herokuapp.com using apis. .EXAMPLE PS C:\>.\Convertto-TextASCIIArt -Text '# This !' ██ ██ ██████ ██ ██ ██ ████ ██ ██████████ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██████ ██ ██ ██ ██████████ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ████ ██ #> function Convertto-TextAsciiArt { Param ( [parameter(Position=0, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true, HelpMessage='Provide valid text')] [string]$Text = '# This is test !', [parameter(Position=2, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true, HelpMessage='Provide font name list is avaliable on http://artii.herokuapp.com/fonts_list')] 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[Alias('Font')] [string]$FontName = 'big', [parameter(ParameterSetName = 'Online', Position=1, Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage='Provide valid console color')] [Alias('Color')] [ValidateSet('Black', 'DarkBlue','DarkGreen','DarkCyan', 'DarkRed','DarkMagenta','DarkYellow','Gray','DarkGray','Blue','Green','Cyan','Red','Magenta','Yellow','White')] [string]$FontColor = 'Yellow' ) Process { if ($text -eq '# This is test !') { $text = 'http://vcloud-lab.com' } $testEncode = [uri]::EscapeDataString($Text) $url = "https://artii.herokuapp.com/make?text=$testEncode&font=$FontName" Try { $WebsiteApi = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -ErrorAction Stop -UseBasicParsing -UseDefaultCredentials -UserAgent '' -TimeoutSec 5 Write-Host $WebsiteApi.Content -ForegroundColor $FontColor } catch { $errMessage = $_.Exception.Response.StatusDescription + "Check your internet connection, Verify below url in browser`n" $errMessage += $url Write-Host $errMessage -BackgroundColor DarkRed Write-Host "! $Text" } } } Export-ModuleMember -Function Convertto-TextAsciiArt |