Consider JSON in this format :
"Stuffs": [
{
"Name": "Darts",
"Type": "Fun Stuff"
},
{
"Name": "Clean Toilet",
"Type": "Boring Stuff"
}
]
In PowerShell 3, we can obtain a list of Stuffs :
$JSON = Get-Content $jsonConfigFile | Out-String | ConvertFrom-Json
Assuming we don't know the exact contents of the list, including the ordering of the objects, how can we retrieve the object(s) with a specific value for the Name field ?
Brute force, we could iterate through the list :
foreach( $Stuff in $JSON.Stuffs ) {
But I am hopeful there exists a more direct mechanism ( similar to Lync or Lambda expressions in C# ).
$json = @"
{
"Stuffs":
[
{
"Name": "Darts",
"Type": "Fun Stuff"
},
{
"Name": "Clean Toilet",
"Type": "Boring Stuff"
}
]
}
"@
$x = $json | ConvertFrom-Json
$x.Stuffs[0] # access to Darts
$x.Stuffs[1] # access to Clean Toilet
$darts = $x.Stuffs | where { $_.Name -eq "Darts" } #Darts
I just asked the same question here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/23062370/3532136
It has a good solution. I hope it helps ^^.
In resume, you can use this:
The Json file in my case was called jsonfile.json
:
{
"CARD_MODEL_TITLE": "OWNER'S MANUAL",
"CARD_MODEL_SUBTITLE": "Configure your download",
"CARD_MODEL_SELECT": "Select Model",
"CARD_LANG_TITLE": "Select Language",
"CARD_LANG_DEVICE_LANG": "Your device",
"CARD_YEAR_TITLE": "Select Model Year",
"CARD_YEAR_LATEST": "(Latest)",
"STEPS_MODEL": "Model",
"STEPS_LANGUAGE": "Language",
"STEPS_YEAR": "Model Year",
"BUTTON_BACK": "Back",
"BUTTON_NEXT": "Next",
"BUTTON_CLOSE": "Close"
}
Code:
$json = (Get-Content "jsonfile.json" -Raw) | ConvertFrom-Json
$json.psobject.properties.name
Output:
CARD_MODEL_TITLE
CARD_MODEL_SUBTITLE
CARD_MODEL_SELECT
CARD_LANG_TITLE
CARD_LANG_DEVICE_LANG
CARD_YEAR_TITLE
CARD_YEAR_LATEST
STEPS_MODEL
STEPS_LANGUAGE
STEPS_YEAR
BUTTON_BACK
BUTTON_NEXT
BUTTON_CLOSE
Thanks to mjolinor.
David Brabant's answer led me to what I needed, with this addition:
x.Stuffs | where { $_.Name -eq "Darts" } | Select -ExpandProperty Type
This is my json data:
[
{
"name":"Test",
"value":"TestValue"
},
{
"name":"Test",
"value":"TestValue"
}
]
Powershell script:
$data = Get-Content "Path to json file" | Out-String | ConvertFrom-Json
foreach ($line in $data) {
$line.name
}