JSON

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

Much similar as 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) to 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"...