Powershell script to get data from json file - json

Question

I need to pull data with a particular heading from a json file and output it to a csv file
$data = (Get-Content "C:\Users\QVL6\Downloads\express-ordering-web-
variables.json" | ConvertFrom-Json)
get data
[PSCustomObject[]]$data = #(
[PSCustomObject]#{
Name = 'Name'
Type = 'Type'
Value = 'Value'
Description = 'Description'
}
)
$path = C:\Users\QVL6\
$data | Select-Object -Property Name, Type, Value, Description | Export -Csv
-Path .\data.csv -NoClobber -NoTypeInformation
Json file:
{
"Id": "variableset-Projects-174",
"OwnerId": "Projects-174",
"Version": 23,
"Variables": [
{
"Id": "dfd06d9f-5ab5-0b40-bfed-d11cd0d90e62",
"Name": "apiConfig:orderCommandUrl",
"Value": "http://dev.order-service.local",
"Description": null,
"Scope": {
"Environment": [
"Environments-63"
]
},
"IsEditable": true,
"Prompt": null,
"Type": "String",
"IsSensitive": false
},
{
"Id": "252a19a0-4650-4920-7e66-39a80c1c49ec",
"Name": "apiConfig:orderCommandUrl",
"Value": "http://qa.order-service.local",
"Description": null,
"Scope": {
"Environment": [
"Environments-63",
"Environments-64"
]
},
"IsEditable": true,
"Prompt": null,
"Type": "String",
"IsSensitive": false
},
I want to pull out all the values in Name field

Answer 1

Get-Content already returns a string so you could convert the output directly to json.
$data = Get-Content "C:\Users\myFile\Downloads\express-ordering-web-variables.json" | ConvertFrom-Json
The variable $data is already an object so you don't have to convert it again to a csv. You can directly select the needed headers and export them to a csv.
$data = Get-Content "C:\Users\myFile\Downloads\express-ordering-web-
variables.json" | ConvertFrom-Json
#get some random data
[PSCustomObject[]]$data = #(
[PSCustomObject]#{
H1 = 'Test'
H2 = 'Test2'
},
[PSCustomObject]#{
H1 = 'Test'
H2 = 'Test2'
}
)
$data | Select-Object -Property H1, H2 | Export-Csv -Path $Path -NoClobber -NoTypeInformation