How to add a JSON-structure inside hashtable in powershell?

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I am trying to put the information below as a hash table in Powershell. I think I need to add a hashtable inside a hashtable but I have no idea how to do that. can somebody help?

"credentials":{
  "add":{},
  "edit":{
    "58":{
      "username":"test",
      "auth_method":"Password",
      "password":"test"
    }
  },
  "delete":[]
}

briantist · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-07 11:44:35Z

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Does it absolutely have to be a hashtable? It looks like you've got some JSON there (missing a leading {).

In PowerShell v3 and higher, you can do this (note the fixed JSON string):

$json = '{"credentials":{"add":{},"edit":{"58":{"username":"test","auth_method":"Password","password":"test"}},"delete":[]}}' 
$object = $json | ConvertFrom-Json

Now $object will be a PSObject with properties (as opposed to keys); very easy to work with.

answered Feb 7, 2015 at 11:44

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user4540332 Over a year ago

Hi Thanks for reply. you are right, I am using json, i tried your method using convertfrom-json, however $object did not show any result. Here is the complete json request.

user4540332 Over a year ago

complete request $jason = '{"uuid":"0625147c-30fe-d79f-e54f-ce7ccd7523e9b63d84cb81c23c2f","settings":{"name":"vivekkk cre"}, "credentials":{"add":{},"edit":{"58":{"username":"test1","auth_method":"Password","password":"test1"}}}}' $show= convertfrom-json -InputObject $jason

viv1 · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-07 11:33:22Z

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You could take help from syntax given below to create hash tables inside hash table in Powershell.

   $cred = @{

       1 = @{

          'x' = 'strin1';

          'y' = 'strin2'};

       2 = @{

          'y' = 'Strin3';

          'z' = 'Strin4' } 
}

The above code is self-explanatory( table $cred contains two tables inside it). Implementing this in your actual code is left for you to figure out.

answered Feb 7, 2015 at 11:33

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user4540332 Over a year ago

Still not working as expected, Here is what i did till now: $data1= @{"uuid"="0625147c-30fe-d79f-e54f-ce7ccd7523e9b63d84cb81c23c2f"} $settings=@{} $settings.add("name","Windows Malware Scan5") $settings.add("description","Windows Malware Scan5") $data1.add("settings",$settings) $credentials=@{} $credentials.add = ("add", "") $credentials.add = ("edit", $edit) $edit=@{} $edit.add= ("58",$uapd) $uapd=@{} $uapd.add("username","test1") $uapd.add("auth_method","Password") $uapd.add("password","test1") $data1.add("credentials",$credentials)

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