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

I think what you are looking for is this:

$jsonString = @{ 
'baz' = 'quuz'
'cow'= "moo, cud"
'foo'= "bar" 
}
$jsonString|ConvertTo-Json

it produces this output

{
    "baz":  "quuz",
    "cow":  "moo, cud",
    "foo":  "bar"
}

Added note You could also array your cow values to "prettify" it a bit more:

 $jsonString = @{ 
    'baz' = 'quuz'
    'cow'= @("moo"; "cud")
    'foo'= "bar" 
    }

output:

{
    "baz":  "quuz",
    "cow":  [
                "moo",
                "cud"
            ],
    "foo":  "bar"
}