Commands / Text and objects

PS> Get-ChildItem -File | Select-Object Name, Length | ConvertTo-Json

Works on

WindowsLinuxmacOS

PowerShell

5.1 and later

Reference

Microsoft Learn: ConvertTo-Json

• All versions Only 2 levels of nesting are kept by default. Add -Depth 10 for deeper data. PowerShell 7.1+ warns when it cuts something off.

Makes JSON. For nested data, add -Depth 5 (or higher). Without it, anything deeper than 2 levels is cut off and shown as type names. Windows PowerShell 5.1 does this silently.

Try this

Get-Date | ConvertTo-Json

Related commands

• Invoke-RestMethod Call a JSON API
• ConvertFrom-Json Parse JSON text

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