Create Hashtable from JSON

Question

I want to get a JSON representation of a Hashtable such as this:

@{Path="C:\temp"; Filter="*.js"} 

ConvertTo-Json results in:

{     "Path":  "C:\\temp",     "Filter":  "*.js" } 

However, if you convert that JSON string back with ConvertFrom-Json you don't get a HashTable but a PSCustomObject.

So how can one reliably serialize the above Hashmap?

Answer 1

$json = @{Path="C:\temp"; Filter="*.js"} | ConvertTo-Json  $hashtable = @{}  (ConvertFrom-Json $json).psobject.properties | Foreach { $hashtable[$_.Name] = $_.Value } 

Adapted from PSCustomObject to Hashtable