Get-StockQuote.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     Gets stock quotes using a web servoice 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This function uses the New-WebServiceProxy cmdlet to 
6.     create a web service proxy. Then it calls that proxy 
7.     to get stock information.  
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : get-stockquote.ps1 
10.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
11.     Requires   : PowerShell V2 CTP3 
12. .LINK 
13.    Original post:   
14.    http://PoshCode.org/embed/752 
15.    Updated script posted: 
16.    http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
17. .INPUTTYPE 
18.    String(s) representing stock tickers to find 
19. .RETURNVALUE 
20.    XML Element, holding stock details 
21. .EXAMPLE 
22.     Run from PowerShell Prompt: 
23.     Get-StockQuote "MSFT" 
24.     Output - left as an exercise for the reader 
25. .EXAMPLE 
26.     Run from Pipeline 
27.     "IBM","INTC" | Get-StockQuote 
28.     Output - left as an exercise for the reader 
29. .PARAMETER TICKER 
30.     A string, or array of strings representing stock tickers 
31.     The function gets stock details for each stock ticker provided 
32. #> 
33.  
34. function Get-StockQuote { 
35. param( 
36. [Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$FALSE, ValueFromPipeline=$TRUE)]  
37. [String] $TICKER="MSFT" ) 
38. process { 
39.    $ticker 
40.    $s = new-webserviceproxy -uri http://www.webservicex.net/stockquote.asmx 
41.    foreach ($symbol in $ticker) { 
42.       $result = [xml]$s.GetQuote($symbol) 
43.       $result.StockQuotes.Stock 
44.     } # end foreach 
45. } #end process block 
46. } # end function 
47.  
48.  
49. "Example 1:" 
50. "==========" 
51. Get-StockQuote MSFT 
52. "" 
53. "Example 2:" 
54. "==========" 
55. "IBM","INTC" | Get-StockQuote 

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