Functions/Import-ARMtemplate.ps1
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#Requires -Version 5.0 function Import-ARMtemplate { <# .SYNOPSIS Import an ARM template. .DESCRIPTION This Cmdlet imports an ARM template from a file or from a JSON-string. .PARAMETER JsonString A JSON string that is an ARM template .PARAMETER FileName A file that contains a JSON ARM template .EXAMPLE Get-ChildItem -Path .\TestFiles\SimpleVM.json | Import-ARMtemplate Get-ARMtemplate .EXAMPLE # Copy an ARM template to the clipboard Get-ClipBoard | Import-ARMtemplate Get-ARMtemplate .EXAMPLE Import-ARMtemplate -FileName .\TestFiles\SimpleVM.json Get-ARMtemplate .INPUTS string .OUTPUTS .NOTES Author: Tore Groneng Website: www.firstpoint.no Twitter: @ToreGroneng #> [cmdletbinding()] Param( [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline, ParameterSetName="AsString")] [string] $JsonString , [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName, ParameterSetName="FromFile")] [System.IO.FileInfo] [Alias("FullName")] $FileName , [switch]$PassThru ) Begin { $f = $MyInvocation.InvocationName Write-Verbose -Message "$f - START" $sb = New-Object System.Text.StringBuilder } Process { if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey("FileName")) { $fileNameType = $FileName.GetType().Name if ($fileNameType -eq 'FileInfo') { $FileName = $FileName.FullName } $JsonString = Get-Content -Path $FileName -Encoding UTF8 } if ($JsonString) { $null = $sb.Append($JsonString + [environment]::NewLine) } } End { if ($sb.Length -gt 0) { $jsonString = $sb.ToString() Write-Verbose -Message "$f - $jsonString" $templateObject = $jsonString | ConvertFrom-Json if ($PassThru.IsPresent) { $templateObject } else { $script:Template = $templateObject } } } } |