SAPIEN Technologies

This was just too cool not to share: Put this function into a PowerShell script file named LiveSearch.ps1. Then, dot-source the function into the shell:

. path/LiveSearch

Then, get search results:

$hits = Get-SearchResults “PrimalScript”
$hits alone will display the hits
$hits[0].title displays the first hit’s title
$hits[0].Open() opens the first hit in a new IE window

Neat, eh?

Function Get-SearchResults {
    param([string] $searchstring=$(throw "Please specify a search string."))
    $client = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
    [xml]$results = $client.DownloadString("http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=" + $searchstring + "&format=rss")
    $channel = $results.rss.channel
    foreach ($item in $channel.item) {
        $result = New-Object PSObject
        $result | Add-Member NoteProperty Title -value $item.title
        $result | Add-Member NoteProperty Link -value $item.link
        $result | Add-Member NoteProperty Description -value $item.description
        $result | Add-Member NoteProperty PubDate -value $item.pubdate
        $sb = {
             $ie = New-Object -com internetexplorer.application
            $ie.navigate($this.link)
            $ie.visible = $true
        }
        $result | Add-Member ScriptMethod Open -value $sb
        $result
    }
}