How do I store the contents of an array to a json file in powershell

Question

I wanted to save the contents of an array to a .json file.The array has some dictionaries in it. I tried

Set-Content -Path 'crl_urls.json' -Value $arrayval -Force

The JSON file has stored System.Collections.Hashtable. It hasn't stored the values of the dictionaries.

So How do I do it?

Paxz · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-29 06:41:47Z

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To correctly save the content in a .json file you should first convert the array to the .json format. Try this:

ConvertTo-Json -InputObject $arrayval | Out-File -FilePath .\crl_urls.json

answered Jun 29, 2018 at 6:41

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Paxz · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-29 07:04:39Z

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By using the ConvertTo-Json cmdlet I was able to export the contents of the array in the JSON file. Example Code:

Set-Content -Path 'crl_urls1.json' -Value ($arrayval|ConvertTo-Json) -Force

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answered Jun 29, 2018 at 6:41

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