Public/ConvertTo-HashtableFromJSON.ps1
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function ConvertTo-HashtableFromJSON { #requires -Version 3.0 <# .SYNOPSIS Retrievies json file from disk and converts to hashtable. .DESCRIPTION Reads file given as Path parameter and using ConvertTo-HashtableFromPsCustomObject converts it to a hashtable. .PARAMETER Path Path to a json file. .EXAMPLE ConvertTo-HashtableFromJSON -Path c:\AdminTools\somefile.json Will read somefile.json and convert it to custom hashtable. .INPUTS Path to a json file (string). .OUTPUTS Custom Hashtable. #> [CmdletBinding()] [OutputType([Hashtable])] param ( [Parameter( Position = 0,HelpMessage='Path to json file', Mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipeline = $true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true)] [ValidateScript({Test-Path -Path $_ -PathType 'Leaf' })] [string] $Path ) Begin { Write-Verbose -Message "Starting $($MyInvocation.MyCommand) " Write-Verbose -Message 'Execution Metadata:' Write-Verbose -Message "User = $($env:userdomain)\$($env:USERNAME)" Write-Verbose -Message "Computername = $env:COMPUTERNAME" Write-Verbose -Message "Host = $($host.Name)" Write-Verbose -Message "PSVersion = $($PSVersionTable.PSVersion)" Write-Verbose -Message "Runtime = $(Get-Date)" Write-Verbose -Message "[$((get-date).TimeOfDay.ToString()) BEGIN ] Starting: $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" } Process{ Write-Verbose -Message "[$((get-date).TimeOfDay.ToString()) PROCESS ] Processing json file {$Path}" $content = Get-Content -LiteralPath $path -ReadCount 0 -Raw | Out-String Write-Verbose -Message "[$((get-date).TimeOfDay.ToString()) PROCESS ] File read. Converting to PSCustomObject" $pscustomObject = ConvertFrom-Json -InputObject $content Write-Verbose -Message "[$((get-date).TimeOfDay.ToString()) PROCESS ] Converting from PSCustomObject to HashTable" $hashtable = ConvertTo-HashtableFromPsCustomObject -psCustomObject $pscustomObject $hashtable } End { Write-Verbose -Message "[$((get-date).TimeOfDay.ToString()) END ] Ending: $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" Write-Verbose -Message "Ending $($MyInvocation.MyCommand) " } } |