Creating JSON (with sub-arrays) from Powershell hash table

Question

I have a list of property names and values that looks like this:

[string[]]$PropertyNames = 'name', 'priority', 'levelStr', 'escalatingChainId', 'supressAlertClear', 'deviceGroups'
[string[]]$PropertyValues = 'Test', '19665999', 'Warn', '3', 'false', 'TestGroup,TestGroup2'

I am trying to turn it into JSON where whatever value is associated with deviceGroups, should be considered an array;

Foreach ($property in $PropertyNames) {
    Switch ($property) {
        {$_ -in ("deviceGroups", "devices")} {
            $propertyData.Add($_, @($($PropertyValues[$index])))

            $index++
        }
        default {
            $propertyData.Add($_, $($PropertyValues[$index]))

            $index++
        }
    }
}

This generates JSON that looks like this:

{
    "name":  "Test",
    "priority":  "19665999",
    "levelStr":  "Warn",
    "escalatingChainId":  3
    "supressAlertClear": "false"
    "deviceGroups":  [
                    "TestGroup, TestGroup2"
                    ],
    ]
}

That's no good, because TestGroup and TestGroup2 should be on separate lines (since that is supposed to be a JSON array). How do I turn these strings into valid JSON (where deviceGroups key/value (which could be comma-separated) must be an array)?

I edited the original post to better indicate what I'm starting with. — StackExchangeGuy
– StackExchangeGuy, Commented Aug 8, 2018 at 20:29
I edited the original post again. I'm not getting the deviceGroups on separate lines. They are a single string within the deviceGroups array, which is in correct. — StackExchangeGuy
– StackExchangeGuy, Commented Aug 8, 2018 at 21:03

Mathias R. Jessen · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-08 21:19:48Z

1

Seems like you forgot to split the string:

Foreach ($property in $PropertyNames) {
    Switch ($property) {
        {$_ -in ("deviceGroups", "devices")} {
            $propertyData.Add($_, @($PropertyValues[$index] -split ','))

            $index++
        }
        default {
            $propertyData.Add($_, $($PropertyValues[$index]))

            $index++
        }
    }
}

answered Aug 8, 2018 at 21:19

Mathias R. Jessen

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2 Comments

Kory Gill Over a year ago

And ($PropertyValues[$index] -split ',').Trim() if you want to attempt to handle such cases.

StackExchangeGuy Over a year ago

Yup, I ended up with the same. $propertyData.Add($_, @(($($PropertyValues[$index]).Split(","))).Trim()). Thanks.

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