Prototype creating a WinGet Configuration DSC file in PowerShell

Tools/WingetCreateMakeDSC.ps1

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+# This script is a prototype for quickly creating DSC files.
+
+#Powershell 7 Required
+if ($(Get-Host).version.major -lt 7) {
+  Write-Host 'This script requires powershell 7. You can update powershell by typing winget install Microsoft.Powershell.' -ForegroundColor red
+  Exit(1)
+}
+
+# Create a custom exception type for our dependency management
+class UnmetDependencyException : Exception {
+  UnmetDependencyException([string] $message) : base($message) {}
+  UnmetDependencyException([string] $message, [Exception] $exception) : base($message, $exception) {}
+}
+
+# Ensure the Winget PowerShell modules are installed
+if (-not(Get-Module -ListAvailable -Name Microsoft.Winget.Client)) {
+  try {
+    Install-Module Microsoft.Winget.Client
+  } catch {
+    # If there was an exception while installing, pass it as an InternalException for further debugging
+    throw [UnmetDependencyException]::new("'Microsoft.Winget.Client' was not installed successfully", $_.Exception)
+  } finally {
+    # Check to be sure it acutally installed
+    if (-not(Get-Module -ListAvailable -Name Microsoft.Winget.Client)) {
+      throw [UnmetDependencyException]::new("`Microsoft.Winget.Client` was not found. Check that you have installed the Windows Package Manager modules correctly.")
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+# Ensure the powershell-yaml module is installed
+if (-not(Get-Module -ListAvailable -Name powershell-yaml)) {
+  try {
+    Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -MinimumVersion 2.8.5.201 -Force
+    Install-Module -Name powershell-yaml -Force -Repository PSGallery -Scope CurrentUser
+  } catch {
+    # If there was an exception while installing, pass it as an InternalException for further debugging
+    throw [UnmetDependencyException]::new("'powershell-yaml' was not installed successfully", $_.Exception)
+  } finally {
+    # Check to be sure it acutally installed
+    if (-not(Get-Module -ListAvailable -Name powershell-yaml)) {
+      throw [UnmetDependencyException]::new("`powershell-yaml` was not found. Check that you have installed the module correctly.")
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+[System.Collections.ArrayList]$finalPackages = @()
+$configurationVersion = '0.2.0'
+$Utf8NoBomEncoding = New-Object System.Text.UTF8Encoding $False
+$DSCHeader = "# yaml-language-server: `$schema=https://aka.ms/configuration-dsc-schema/$($configurationVersion -Replace '\.0$','')"
+
+do {
+  $findResult = Find-WinGetPackage $(Read-Host 'What is the Winget ID, or name of the package you want to add to the configuration file?')
+
+  if ($findResult.count -ne 0) {
+    # Assign an index to each package
+    $findResult | ForEach-Object { $script:i = 1 } { Add-Member -InputObject $_ -NotePropertyName Index -NotePropertyValue $i; $i++ }
+    $findResult | Select-Object -Property Index, Name, Id, Version | Format-Table | Out-Host
+
+    $packageSelected = $false
+    while (-not($packageSelected)) {
+      Write-Host
+      # Prompt user for selection string
+      $selection = (Read-Host 'Select a package by Index, Name, or Id. Press enter to continue or skip')
+      $selectedPackage = $null
+      # If user didn't enter any selection string, set no package as selected and continue
+      if ( [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($selection) ) {
+        $packageSelected = $true
+      } elseif ( $selection -in $findResult.Id ) {
+        # If the user entered a string which matches the Id, select that package
+        $selectedPackage = $findResult.Where({ $_.Id -eq $selection })
+        $packageSelected = $true
+      } elseif ( $selection -in $findResult.Name ) {
+        # If the user entered a string which matches the Name, select that package
+        # Because names could conflict, take the first item in the list to avoid error
+        $selectedPackage = $findResult.Where({ $_.Name -eq $selection }) | Select-Object -First 1
+        $packageSelected = $true
+      } else {
+        # If the name and ID didn't match, try selecting by index
+        # This needs to be a try-catch to handle converting strings to integers
+        try {
+          $selectedPackage = $findResult.Where({ $_.Index -eq [int]$selection })
+          # If the user selects an index out of range, don't set no package as selected. Instead, allow for correcting the index
+          # If the intent is to select no package, the user will be able to skip after being notified the index is out of range
+          if ($selectedPackage) {
+            $packageSelected = $true
+          } else {
+            Write-Host 'Index out of range, please try again'
+          }
+        } catch {
+          Write-Host 'Invalid entry, please try again'
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    # If a package was selected, add it to the package list; Otherwise, continue
+    if ($selectedPackage) {
+      $unit = @{'resource' = 'Microsoft.WinGet.DSC/WinGetPackage'; 'directives' = @{'description' = $selectedPackage.Name; 'allowPrerelease' = $true; }; 'settings' = @{'id' = $selectedPackage.Id; 'source' = $selectedPackage.Source } }
+      [void]$finalPackages.Add($unit)
+      Write-Host "Added $($selectedPackage.Name)" -ForegroundColor Blue
+    }
+
+  } else {
+    Write-Host 'No package found matching input criteria.' -ForegroundColor DarkYellow
+  }
+}  while ($(Read-Host 'Would you like to add another package? [y/n]') -eq 'y')
+
+Write-Host
+$fileName = Read-Host 'Name of the configuration file (without extension)'
+$filePath = Join-Path -Path (Get-Location) -ChildPath "$($fileName).winget"
+
+$rawYaml = ConvertTo-Yaml @{'properties' = @{'resources' = $finalPackages; 'configurationVersion' = $configurationVersion } }
+[System.IO.File]::WriteAllLines($filePath, @($DSCHeader, '', $rawYaml.trim()), $Utf8NoBomEncoding)
+
+Write-Host
+Write-Host 'Testing resulting file...' -ForegroundColor yellow
+(&winget configure --help) > $null
+
+if ($LASTEXITCODE -eq 0) {
+  winget configure validate --file $filePath
+} else {
+  Write-Host "'winget configure' is not available, skipping validation." -ForegroundColor Yellow
+}
+
+Write-Host "Configuration file created at: $($filePath)" -ForegroundColor Green