# encoding: ascii
# api: powershell
# title: Get-DellWarranty
# description: Queries the Dell Website for a list of service tags and returns the warranty information as a custom object.
# version: 1.0
# type: function
# author: jasser
# license: CC0
# function: Get-DellWarranty
# x-poshcode-id: 3648
# x-archived: 2012-09-21T03:27:46
# x-published: 2012-09-17T07:55:00
#
# If a service tag has multiple warranties, they are returned as multiple separate objects.
# If no service tag is specified, it will attempt to retrieve and lookup the local system’s service tag.
# The service tag can be provided to the command in several ways:
# 1. Using the -servicetag parameter
# 2. By passing one or more Service Tags via the pipeline
# 3. By passing objects that have either servicetag or serialnumber defined as a property, such as win32_bios WMI objects
#
function Get-DellWarranty {
<#
.Synopsis
Provides warranty information for one or more Dell service tags.
.Description
Queries the Dell Website for a list of service tags and returns the warranty information as a custom object.
If a service tag has multiple warranties, they are returned as multiple separate objects.
If no service tag is specified, it will attempt to retrieve and lookup the local system's service tag.
The service tag can be provided to the command in several ways:
1. Using the -servicetag parameter
2. By passing one or more Service Tags via the pipeline
3. By passing objects that have either servicetag or serialnumber defined as a property, such as win32_bios WMI objects
See examples for details.
.Parameter ServiceTag
ALIAS: serialnumber
The Dell service tag you wish to query. Example: XYZ12A3
.Example
C:\PS> Get-DellWarranty
Service Tag : XXXX123
Description : 4 Hour On-Site Service
Provider : UNY
Warranty Extension Notice * : No
Start Date : 6/19/2009
End Date : 6/20/2011
Days Left : 140
Description
-----------
If no service tags are provided, the script retrieves the local computer's serial number from WMI and queries for it.
.Example
C:\PS> Get-DellWarranty -ServiceTag XXXX123
Service Tag : XXXX123
Description : 4 Hour On-Site Service
Provider : UNY
Warranty Extension Notice * : No
Start Date : 6/19/2009
End Date : 6/20/2011
Days Left : 140
Description
-----------
You can pass the service tag as a parameter, or as the first positional parameter (e.g. Get-DellWarranty XXXX123)
.Example
C:\PS> "XXXX123","XXXX124","XXXX125" | get-dellwarranty
Service Tag : XXXX123
Description : 4 Hour On-Site Service
Provider : UNY
Warranty Extension Notice * : No
Start Date : 6/19/2009
End Date : 6/20/2011
Days Left : 140
Service Tag : XXXX124
Description : 4 Hour On-Site Service
Provider : UNY
Warranty Extension Notice * : No
Start Date : 6/14/2009
End Date : 6/15/2011
Days Left : 145
Service Tag : XXXX125
Description : NBD On-Site Service
Provider : DELL
Warranty Extension Notice * : No
Start Date : 6/14/2008
End Date : 6/15/2010
Days Left : 0
Description
-----------
You can pass serial numbers via the pipeline either directly or as a variable.
.Example
C:\PS> get-wmiobject win32_bios -computername "computer1","computer2","1.2.3.4" | get-dellwarranty
Service Tag : XXXX123
Description : 4 Hour On-Site Service
Provider : UNY
Warranty Extension Notice * : No
Start Date : 6/19/2009
End Date : 6/20/2011
Days Left : 140
Service Tag : XXXX124
Description : 4 Hour On-Site Service
Provider : UNY
Warranty Extension Notice * : No
Start Date : 6/14/2009
End Date : 6/15/2011
Days Left : 145
Service Tag : XXXX125
Description : NBD On-Site Service
Provider : DELL
Warranty Extension Notice * : No
Start Date : 6/14/2008
End Date : 6/15/2010
Days Left : 0
Description
-----------
You can also pass any object that has a "serialnumber" or "servicetag" property. In this example, we query computers directly for their serial numbers,
and pass those results (which are WMI objects that have a serialnumber property) via pipeline directly to the command to obtain warranty information.
.Notes
AUTHOR: Justin Grote <jgrote NOSPAM-AT allieddigital NOSPAM-DOT net>
WARNING: Since Dell does not provide a formal API, this script works by screen-scraping the HTML from the Dell product support site.
Any future change to the layout or logic of this site will break the script or cause unpredictable results.
HISTORY: v1.0 [31 Jan 2011] - Initial Module Creatio
.Link
http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/my_systems_info
#>
[CmdletBinding()]
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$False,Position=0,ValueFromPipeline=$True,ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$True)]
[alias("serialnumber")]
[string[]]$ServiceTag
)
PROCESS {
# If nothing was passed, retrieve the local system service tag
if ($ServiceTag -eq $null) {
write-verbose "No Service Tags provided. Using Local Computer's Service Tag"
write-verbose "START Obtaining Serial number via WMI for localhost"
$ServiceTag = (get-wmiobject win32_bios).SerialNumber
write-verbose "SUCCESS Obtaining Serial number via WMI for localhost - $ServiceTag"
}
# Detect if an array of service tags were passed via parameter and unwind them.
foreach ($strServicetag in $servicetag) {
write-verbose "START Querying Dell for Service Tag $_"
Get-DellWarrantyWorker $strServicetag
write-verbose "SUCCESS Querying Dell for Service Tag $_"
}
}
}
Function Get-DellWarrantyWorker {
Param(
[String]$serviceTag
)
#Dell Warranty URL Path
$URL = "http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/my_systems_info/details?c=us&l=en&s=gen&ServiceTag=$serviceTag"
trap [System.FormatException] {
write-error -category invalidresult "The service tag $serviceTag was not found. This is either because you entered the tag incorrectly, it is not present in Dell's database, or Dell changed the format of their website causing this search to fail." -recommendedaction "Please check that you entered the service tag correctly"
return;
}
#Screenscrape the HTML for the warranty Table
$HTML = (New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadString($URL)
If ($HTML -Match '<table[\w\s\d"=%]*contract_table">.+?</table>') {
$htmltable = $Matches[0]
} else {
throw (New-Object System.FormatException)
}
$HtmlLines = $htmltable -Split "<tr" | Where-Object { $_ -Match '<td' }
$Header = ($HtmlLines[0] -Split '<td') -Replace '[\w\s\d"=%:;\-]*>|</.*' | Where-Object { $_ -ne '' }
#Convert the warranty table fields into a powershell object
For ($i = 1; $i -lt $HtmlLines.Count; $i++) {
$Output = New-Object PSObject
$Output | Add-Member NoteProperty "Service Tag" -value $serviceTag
$Values = ($HtmlLines[$i] -Split '<td') -Replace '[\w\s\d"=%:;\-]*>|</.*|<a.+?>'
For ($j = 1; $j -lt $Values.Count; $j++) {
$Output | Add-Member NoteProperty $Header[$j - 1] -Value $Values[$j]
}
#Minor formatting fix if days remaining on warranty is zero
if ($output.'Days Left' -match '<<0') {write-host -fore darkgreen "match!";$output.'Days Left' = 0}
return $Output
}
}