This PowerShell script queries the position of the International Space Station (ISS) and replies by text-to-speech (TTS).
PS> ./check-iss-position.ps1 [<CommonParameters>]
[<CommonParameters>]
This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction,
WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.PS> ./check-iss-position
Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Checks the ISS position
.DESCRIPTION
This PowerShell script queries the position of the International Space Station (ISS) and replies by text-to-speech (TTS).
.EXAMPLE
PS> ./check-iss-position
.LINK
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>
try {
$ISS = (Invoke-WebRequest "http://api.open-notify.org/iss-now.json" -userAgent "curl" -useBasicParsing).Content | ConvertFrom-Json
& "$PSScriptRoot/speak-english.ps1" "The International Space Station is currently at $($ISS.iss_position.longitude)° longitude and $($ISS.iss_position.latitude)° latitude."
exit 0 # success
} catch {
"⚠️ ERROR: $($Error[0]) (at line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber))"
exit 1
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