I have a sample JSON-formatted here which converts fine if I use something like: https://konklone.io/json/
I've tried the following code in PowerShell:
(Get-Content -Path $pathToJsonFile | ConvertFrom-Json)
| ConvertTo-Csv -NoTypeInformation
| Set-Content $pathToOutputFile
But the only result I get is this:
{"totalCount":19,"resultCount":19,"hasMore":false,"results":
How do I go about converting this correctly in PowerShell?
By looking at just (Get-Content -Path $pathToJsonFile) | ConvertFrom-Json
it looks like the rest of the JSON is going in to a results
property so we can get the result I think you want by doing:
((Get-Content -Path $pathToJsonFile) | ConvertFrom-Json).results |
ConvertTo-Csv -NoTypeInformation |
Set-Content $pathToOutputFile
FYI you can do ConvertTo-Csv
and Set-Content
in one move with Export-CSV
:
((Get-Content -Path $pathToJsonFile) | ConvertFrom-Json).results |
Export-CSV $pathToOutputFile -NoTypeInformation
You have to select the results
property inside your CSV using the Select-Object
cmdlet together with the -expand
parameter:
Get-Content -Path $pathToJsonFile |
ConvertFrom-Json |
Select-Object -expand results |
ConvertTo-Csv -NoTypeInformation |
Set-Content $pathToOutputFile
I was getting my json from a REST web api and found that the following worked:
Invoke-WebRequest -method GET -uri $RemoteHost -Headers $headers
| ConvertFrom-Json
| Select-Object -ExpandProperty <Name of object in json>
| ConvertTo-Csv -NoTypeInformation
| Set-Content $pathToOutputFile
I end up with a perfectly formatted csv file