JSON

JSON is similar to XML in some respects. It is intended to be both human and machine readable, and is written in plain text.

Very similar to a hashtable, JSON-formatted objects are made up of key and value pairs, for example:

{ 
    "key1":  "value1", 
    "key2": "value2" 
} 

ConvertTo-Json

The ConvertTo-Json command can be used to convert a PowerShell object (or hashtable) into JSON:

PS> Get-Process -Id $PID | 
    Select-Object Name, Id, Path | 
    ConvertTo-Json 
 
{ 
    "Name":  "powershell_ise", 
    "Id":  3944, 
    "Path":  "C:\\Windows\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell_ise.exe" 
}  

By default, ConvertTo...