Commands/JSON/Import-Json.ps.ps1
function Import-Json { <# .SYNOPSIS Imports json .DESCRIPTION Imports json files and outputs PowerShell objects .PARAMETER LiteralPath Specifies the path to the XML files. Unlike Path , the value of the LiteralPath parameter is used exactly as it's typed. No characters are interpreted as wildcards. If the path includes escape characters, enclose it in single quotation marks. Single quotation marks tell PowerShell not to interpret any characters as escape sequences. .PARAMETER Path Specifies the path to the XML files. .PARAMETER First Gets only the specified number of objects. Enter the number of objects to get. .PARAMETER Skip Ignores the specified number of objects and then gets the remaining objects. Enter the number of objects to skip. #> [Inherit("Import-Clixml",Abstract,ExcludeParameter='IncludeTotalCount')] [CmdletBinding(SupportsPaging)] param( # The delimiter between objects. # If a delimiter is provided, the content will be split by this delimeter. [vbn()] [string] $Delimiter ) process { $FileSplat = [Ordered]@{} if ($path) { $FileSplat['Path'] = $path} elseif ($literalPath) { $FileSplat['LiteralPath'] = $path = $literalPath } $fileContent = Get-Content @FileSplat -Raw if (-not $fileContent) { return } if ($Delimiter) { foreach ($delimitedSegment in $fileContent -split "(?<=[\]\}])$([Regex]::Escape($Delimiter))(?=[\[\{])" ) { try { $delimitedSegment | ConvertFrom-Json } catch { Write-Error "'$($path)': $($_.Exception.Message)" -TargetObject $delimitedSegment } } } else { try { $fileContent | ConvertFrom-Json } catch { Write-Error "'$($path)': $($_.Exception.Message)" -TargetObject $fileContent return } } } } |