Data/Advice/Fun/FunWithCats.Advice.json
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{ "Title": "Fun with Cat Facts", "Content": [ "PowerShell doesn't have to all be about Server administration, ops, or automation.", "\n", "It can also be fun!", "\n", "We've provided some fun examples below just to give you a taste of what PowerShell can do", "Cats", "\n", " The below code snippit will query a RESTAPI on the internet that provides some fun facts about cats. It then uses the SpeechSynthesizer to tell you these facts! Feel free to run it on your machine:", "\n", "function Get-CatFact {", "\n", "\tAdd-Type -AssemblyName System.Speech", "\t$SpeechSynth = New-Object System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer", "\t$URI = 'http://www.catfact.info/api/v1/facts.json?per_page=200'", "\t$Random = Get-Random -Maximum 200", "\t$CatFact = (ConvertFrom-Json (Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $URI)).Facts[$Random]", "\t$SpeechSynth.Speak('did you know?')", "\t$SpeechSynth.Speak($CatFact.details)", "}", "\n", "Get-CatFact" ] } |