I want to add something in my parsed JSON using PowerShell. My code:
function ConvertFromJson([string]$file)
{
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Web.Extensions")
$jsoncontent = Get-Content $file
$jsonobj = New-Object System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer
$global:json = $jsonobj.DeserializeObject($jsoncontent)
}
My JSON:
{
"BlockA": {
"BlockB": {
"name": "BlockB",
"value": "Value_B"
},
}
I want make BlockC like this:
{
"BlockA": {
"BlockB": {
"name": "BlockB",
"value": "Value_B"
},
"BlockC": {
"name": "BlockC",
"value": "Value_C"
},
}
I tried
$json.BlockA.Add("BlockC", "")
and
$json.BlockA.BlockC.Add("name", "BlockC")
but it doesn't work with the error:
there is no add method
I tried all of i can do (trying Add Method, use Add-Member), but all failed.
added : PS C:UsersDevelop7> $json.BlockA.BlockC | Get-Member
TypeName: System.String
Name MemberType Definition
---- ---------- ----------
Clone Method System.Object Clone()
CompareTo Method int CompareTo(System.Object value), int CompareTo(string strB)
Contains Method bool Contains(string value)
CopyTo Method System.Void CopyTo(int sourceIndex, char[] destination, int destinationIndex,...
EndsWith Method bool EndsWith(string value), bool EndsWith(string value, System.StringCompari...
Equals Method bool Equals(System.Object obj), bool Equals(string value), bool Equals(string...
GetEnumerator Method System.CharEnumerator GetEnumerator()
GetHashCode Method int GetHashCode()
GetType Method type GetType()
GetTypeCode Method System.TypeCode GetTypeCode()
IndexOf Method int IndexOf(char value), int IndexOf(char value, int startIndex), int IndexOf...
IndexOfAny Method int IndexOfAny(char[] anyOf), int IndexOfAny(char[] anyOf, int startIndex), i...
Insert Method string Insert(int startIndex, string value)
IsNormalized Method bool IsNormalized(), bool IsNormalized(System.Text.NormalizationForm normaliz...
LastIndexOf Method int LastIndexOf(char value), int LastIndexOf(char value, int startIndex), int...
LastIndexOfAny Method int LastIndexOfAny(char[] anyOf), int LastIndexOfAny(char[] anyOf, int startI...
Normalize Method string Normalize(), string Normalize(System.Text.NormalizationForm normalizat...
PadLeft Method string PadLeft(int totalWidth), string PadLeft(int totalWidth, char paddingChar)
PadRight Method string PadRight(int totalWidth), string PadRight(int totalWidth, char padding...
Remove Method string Remove(int startIndex, int count), string Remove(int startIndex)
Replace Method string Replace(char oldChar, char newChar), string Replace(string oldValue, s...
Split Method string[] Split(Params char[] separator), string[] Split(char[] separator, int...
StartsWith Method bool StartsWith(string value), bool StartsWith(string value, System.StringCom...
Substring Method string Substring(int startIndex), string Substring(int startIndex, int length)
ToCharArray Method char[] ToCharArray(), char[] ToCharArray(int startIndex, int length)
ToLower Method string ToLower(), string ToLower(System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
ToLowerInvariant Method string ToLowerInvariant()
ToString Method string ToString(), string ToString(System.IFormatProvider provider)
ToUpper Method string ToUpper(), string ToUpper(System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
ToUpperInvariant Method string ToUpperInvariant()
Trim Method string Trim(Params char[] trimChars), string Trim()
TrimEnd Method string TrimEnd(Params char[] trimChars)
TrimStart Method string TrimStart(Params char[] trimChars)
Chars ParameterizedProperty char Chars(int index) {get;}
Length Property System.Int32 Length {get;}
If you're using PowerShell 3.0/4.0 you can simplify your conversion using the ConvertFrom-Json cmdlet.
Beyond that, if you have PS or .Net Object Types, the Add-Member cmdlet allows you to add arbitrary properties. The following shows how to add a property based on a Json block:
$json = @"
{
"BlockA": {
"BlockB": {
"name": "BlockB",
"value": "Value_B"
}
}
}
"@
$blockcvalue "
{
"name":"BlockC",
"value":"ValueC"
}
"@
$jobj = ConvertFrom-Json -InputObject $json
$jobj.BlockA | add-member -Name "BlockC" -value (Convertfrom-Json $blockcvalue) -MemberType NoteProperty
write-host (ConvertTo-Json $jobj)
You get that error because your $json is actually a collection of two objects. One of them is an assembly and the other one is a dictionary. Pipe output from the line that loads assembly to Out-Null
to avoid that. Example:
function ConvertFrom-Json([String]$sRawJson) {
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Web.Extensions") `
| Out-Null
$oJsSerializer = `
New-Object System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer
return $oJsSerializer.DeserializeObject($sRawJson)
}
$sBaseContent = @"
{
"BlockA": {
"BlockB": {
"name": "BlockB",
"value": "Value_B"
}
}
}
"@
$sBlockcContent = @"
{
"name": "BlockC",
"value": "Value_C"
}
"@
$jsonBaseObj = ConvertFrom-Json($sBaseContent)
$jsonBlockcObj = ConvertFrom-Json($sBlockcContent)
$jsonBaseObj.BlockA.Add("BlockC", $jsonBlockcObj)
$jsonBaseObj