PowerShell script to run through list of URLs

[danthi123]

I had a few URLs I needed to run through so rather than manually feeding them, I used ChatGPT to write a PowerShell script for it. Tweaked it a bit and it ran fine, sharing in case anyone else could benefit.

# Path to the text file containing URLs
$urlFilePath = "C:\path\to\urls.txt"

# Path to the file keeping track of the last processed URL
$progressFilePath = "C:\path\to\progress.txt"

# Define the restart interval in seconds (4 hours)
$restartIntervalInSeconds = 4 * 60 * 60

while ($true) {
    # Start a background job that will force a restart after 4 hours
    $restartJob = Start-Job -ScriptBlock {
        Start-Sleep -Seconds $using:restartIntervalInSeconds
        Write-Output "Restart interval reached. Restarting script..."
        Stop-Process -Id $PID
    }

    try {
        # Read all lines from the text file
        $urls = Get-Content -Path $urlFilePath

        # Read the last processed URL from the progress file, if it exists
        $lastProcessedUrl = if (Test-Path $progressFilePath) { Get-Content -Path $progressFilePath } else { "" }

        # Find the starting index
        $startIndex = if ($lastProcessedUrl) { $urls.IndexOf($lastProcessedUrl) } else { 0 }

        # Loop through each URL starting from the last processed URL
        for ($i = $startIndex; $i -lt $urls.Length; $i++) {
            $url = $urls[$i]

            # Update the progress file with the current URL
            Set-Content -Path $progressFilePath -Value $url

            Write-Output "Running zotify for URL: $url"

            # Run the zotify command and wait for it to finish
            Start-Process "powershell.exe" -ArgumentList "zotify $url" -NoNewWindow -Wait

            Write-Output "Completed zotify for URL: $url"
        }

        Write-Output "All URLs have been processed."
    }
    catch {
        Write-Error "An error occurred: $_. Restarting script..."
    }

    # Ensure the restart job is removed
    Remove-Job $restartJob
}