Prettify json in powershell 3

Question

Given a standard json string value:

$jsonString = \'{ \"baz\": \"quuz\", \"cow\": [ \"moo\", \"cud\" ], \"foo\": \"bar\" }\'

How can I get

Answer 1

If you really don't want to go down the simplest route, which is to use inbuilt PowerShell functions | ConvertFrom-Json | ConvertTo-Json, here is another method, using JSON.net

# http://james.newtonking.com/projects/json-net.aspx
Add-Type -Path "DRIVE:\path\to\Newtonsoft.Json.dll"

$jsonString = '{ "baz": "quuz", "cow": [ "moo", "cud" ], "foo": "bar" }'
[Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JObject]::Parse($jsonString).ToString()