Update your Lync Note with a Quote of the Day – API Powershell

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Following on playing with the API this script is just for fun. I have created a scheduled task that runs daily and updates the quote of the day for my Lync note…. have fun!

p.s it requires internet access!

Here is the sample code

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and here is my updated Lync Client

 

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here is the code so copy and paste

#Load Assembly
$assemblyPath = “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office 2013\LyncSDK\Assemblies\Desktop\Microsoft.Lync.Model.DLL”
Import-Module $assemblyPath
$client = [Microsoft.Lync.Model.LyncClient]::GetClient()

#Get Qoute of the Day
$url = "https://feeds.feedburner.com/brainyquote/QUOTEBR"
$data = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $url
$qotd = $data[0].description

#Publish QoTD to Note
$instanceSelf = $Client.Self
$noteInfo = New-Object 'System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[Microsoft.Lync.Model.PublishableContactInformationType, object]'
$noteInfo.Add([Microsoft.Lync.Model.PublishableContactInformationType]::PersonalNote, $qotd)
$Publishnote = $instanceSelf.BeginPublishContactInformation($noteInfo, $null, $null)
$instanceself.EndPublishContactInformation($Publishnote)