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# Eric Ligmans Amazing Free Microsoft eBook Giveaway

# https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mssmallbiz/2017/07/11/largest-free-microsoft-
ebook-giveaway-im-giving-away-millions-of-free-microsoft-ebooks-again-including-
windows-10-office-365-office-2016-power-bi-azure-windows-8-1-office-2013-sharepo/
# Link to download list of eBooks
# http://ligman.me/2tk1D2V
# Thanks David Crosby for the template
(https://social.technet.microsoft.com/profile/david%20crosby/)
#
# Modified by Robert Cain (http://arcanecode.me)
# Added code to check to see if a book was already downloaded,
# and if so was it the correct file size. If so, the book
# download is skipped. This allows users to simply rerun the
# script if their download process is interrupted.
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# Set the folder where you want to save the books to

$dest = "E:\books\" # Make sure the file path ends in a \

# Download the source list of books

$downLoadList = "http://ligman.me/2tk1D2V"
$bookList = Invoke-WebRequest $downLoadList

# Convert the list to an array

[string[]]$books = ""
$books = $bookList.Content.Split("`n")

# Remove the first line - it's not a book

$books = $books[1..($books.Length -1)]
$books # Here's the list

# Get the total number of books we need to download

$bookCount = $($books).Count

# Set a simple counter to let the user know what book

# number we're currently downloading
$currentBook = 0

# As an option, we can have it log progress to a file

$log = $true

if ($log -eq $true)

# Construct a log file name based on the date that

# we can save progress to
$dlStart = Get-Date
$dlStartDate = "$($dlStart.Year)-$($dlStart.Month)-$($dlStart.Day)"
$dlStartTime = "$($dlStart.Hour)-$($dlStart.Minute)-$($dlStart.Second)"
$logFile = "$($dest)BookDlLog-$dlStartDate-$dlStartTime.txt"

# Download the books

foreach ($book in $books)
{

# Increment current book number

$currentBook++
try

# Grab the header with the books full info

$hdr = Invoke-WebRequest $book -Method Head

# Get the title of the book from the header then

# make it a safe string (remove special characters)
$title = $hdr.BaseResponse.ResponseUri.Segments[-1]
$title = [uri]::UnescapeDataString($title)

# Construct the path to save the file to

$saveTo = $dest + $title

# If the file doesn't exist, download it

if ($(Test-Path $saveTo) -eq $false)

$msg = "Downloading book $currentBook of $bookCount - $title"

$msg
if ($log -eq $true) { "`n$($msg)" | Add-Content $logFile }
Invoke-WebRequest $book -OutFile $saveTo

else

# If it does exist, we need to make sure it wasn't

# a partial download. If the file size on the server
# and the file size on local disk don't match,
# redownload it

# Get the size of the file from the download site

$dlSize = $hdr.BaseResponse.ContentLength
# Get the size of the file on disk
$fileSize = $(Get-ChildItem $saveTo).Length

if ($dlSize -ne $fileSize)

# If not equal we need to download the book again

$msg = "Redownloading book $currentBook of $bookCount - $title"
$msg
if ($log -eq $true) { "`n$($msg)" | Add-Content $logFile }
Invoke-WebRequest $book -OutFile $saveTo

else
 {

# Otherwise we have a good copy of the book, just

# let the user know we're skipping it.
$msg = "Book $currentBook of $bookCount ($title) already exists, skipping
it"
$msg
if ($log -eq $true) { "`n$($msg)" | Add-Content $logFile }

} # end try

catch

$msg = "There was an error downloading $title. You may wish to try to download
this book manually."
Write-Host $msg -ForegroundColor Red
if ($log -eq $true) { "`n$($msg)" | Add-Content $logFile }

} # end catch

} # end foreach

# Let user know we're done, and give a happy little beep
# in case they aren't looking at the screen.
"Done downloading all books"
[Console]::Beep(500,300)