I want to get a JSON representation of a Hashtable such as this:
@{Path="C:\temp"; Filter="*.js"}
ConvertTo-Json
results in:
{
"Path": "C:\\temp",
"Filter": "*.js"
}
However, if you convert that JSON string back with ConvertFrom-Json
you don't get a HashTable but a PSCustomObject.
So how can one reliably serialize the above Hashmap?
$json = @{Path="C:\temp"; Filter="*.js"} | ConvertTo-Json
$hashtable = @{}
(ConvertFrom-Json $json).psobject.properties | Foreach { $hashtable[$_.Name] = $_.Value }
Adapted from PSCustomObject to Hashtable