[New App Request] Scooter Software Beyond Compare

[AScott-WWF]

I have written a new NeverGreen script to return the latest versions of Scooter Softwares Beyond Compare for Windows, this is obtained using a webscrape against https://www.scootersoftware.com/download

N.B. The Platform Uris have been obtained from both the Downloads page (for .exe's) and the Alternate Installers page (for .msi & .zip files) As I introduced the new ReleaseDate attribute in the [Enhancement] Microsoft SSMS New issue, I have made use of it in here too.

Here is my script:

# Get-ScooterBeyondCompare.ps1

$AppName = "Scooter Beyond Compare"
$ReleaseURL = 'https://www.scootersoftware.com/download'
$Version = ((Get-Link -Uri $ReleaseURL -MatchProperty href -Pattern '\.exe$') | Get-Version -Pattern '(\d+\.\d+(\.\d+){0,2})')

#Obtain Release Date and convert to "yyyy-MM-dd" format
try {
    $Content = (Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $ReleaseURL).RawContent
    $SearchString = ", released "
    $CaptureStart = $Content.IndexOf($SearchString) + $SearchString.Length
    $EndIndex = $Content.IndexOf("</span>", $CaptureStart) - $CaptureStart
    $ReleasedOn = $Content.Substring($CaptureStart, $EndIndex).Trim()
}
catch {
    Throw "Failed to connect to ($($ReleaseUrl)) with error $_."
    Break
}
finally {
    # Define a regular expression pattern to match a date in the format "Month. Day, Year"
    $pattern = "\b(?:Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec|January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December)\.\s\d{1,2},\s\d{4}\b"

    # Use Select-String to find the date in the text
    $matchesfound = $ReleasedOn | Select-String -Pattern $pattern

    # Extract the matched date
    if ($matchesfound) {
        # Parse the date and reformat it to "YYYY-MM-DD"
        $parsedDate = Get-Date $ReleasedOn
        #Create $LatestVersion variable to create folder structure
        $ReleaseDate = $parsedDate.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd")
        #Write-Verbose "Found Date: $ReleaseDate"
    } else {
        Write-Verbose "Date not found in the text."
    $ReleaseDate = ""
    }
    # Success
}

$Platforms = @(
    @{Architecture = 'x64'; Type = 'Msi'; Platform = 'Windows'; Language = 'English'; Uri = "https://www.scootersoftware.com/files/BCompare-$($Version)_x64.msi"}
    @{Architecture = 'x86'; Type = 'Msi'; Platform = 'Windows'; Language = 'English'; Uri = "https://www.scootersoftware.com/files/BCompare-$($Version)_x86.msi"}
    @{Architecture = 'x64'; Type = 'Zip'; Platform = 'Windows'; Language = 'English'; Uri = "https://www.scootersoftware.com/files/BCompareSetup-$($Version).zip"}
    @{Architecture = 'x64'; Type = 'Exe'; Platform = 'Windows'; Language = 'English'; Uri = "https://www.scootersoftware.com/files/BCompareSetup-$($Version).exe"}
    @{Architecture = 'x64'; Type = 'Exe'; Platform = 'Windows'; Language = 'German'; Uri = "https://www.scootersoftware.com/files/BCompareSetup-de-$($Version).exe"}
    @{Architecture = 'x64'; Type = 'Exe'; Platform = 'Windows'; Language = 'French'; Uri = "https://www.scootersoftware.com/files/BCompareSetup-fr-$($Version).exe"}
    @{Architecture = 'x64'; Type = 'Exe'; Platform = 'Windows'; Language = 'Japanese'; Uri = "https://www.scootersoftware.com/files/BCompareSetup-jp-$($Version).exe"}
    @{Architecture = 'x64'; Type = 'Exe'; Platform = 'Windows'; Language = 'Chinese (Simplified)'; Uri = "https://www.scootersoftware.com/files/BCompareSetup-zh-$($Version).exe"}
)

foreach ($Platform in $Platforms) {

    $SearchCount = 1

    do {
    New-NevergreenApp -Name $($AppName) -Version $($Version) -ReleaseDate $($ReleaseDate) -Language $($Platform.Language) -Uri $($Platform.Uri) -Platform $($Platform.Platform) -Architecture $($Platform.Architecture) -Type $($Platform.Type)
        break

        $SearchCount--
    } until ($SearchCount -eq 0)

    if ($SearchCount -eq 0) {
        Write-Warning "Could not find release for $($AppName) $($Platform.Platform) $($Platform.Architecture)"
    }
}