Public/ConvertTo-HashtableFromJSON.ps1
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function ConvertTo-HashtableFromJSON { <# .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 $_ -PathType 'Leaf' })] [string] $Path ) process{ $content = Get-Content -LiteralPath $path -ReadCount 0 -Raw | Out-String $pscustomObject = ConvertFrom-Json -InputObject $content $hashtable = ConvertTo-HashtableFromPsCustomObject -psCustomObject $pscustomObject return $hashtable; } } |