How do I store the contents of an array to a json file in powershell

Question

I wanted to save the contents of an array to a .json file.The array has some dictionaries in it. I tried

Set-Content -Path 'crl_urls.json' -Value $arrayval -Force

The JSON file has stored System.Collections.Hashtable . It hasn't stored the values of the dictionaries.

So How do I do it?

Answer 1

To correctly save the content in a .json file you should first convert the array to the .json format. Try this:

ConvertTo-Json -InputObject $arrayval | Out-File -FilePath .\crl_urls.json

Answer 2

By using the ConvertTo-Json cmdlet I was able to export the contents of the array in the JSON file. Example Code:

Set-Content -Path 'crl_urls1.json' -Value ($arrayval|ConvertTo-Json) -Force