Parsing a JObject in Powershell

Question

I am trying to extract data from REST API whose output and type is as below:

I want to get the Parent value within the variable $X whose type is JObject.

I tried doing $X.Parent but it is not returning any value.

Is there any basic concept I am missing out here ?

@Andreas Baumgarten @Rich Matheisen

Answer 1

Hi,
You can use ConvertFrom-Json cmdlet to convert json data.
convertfrom-json

e.g.

$JsParent = @'  
    {"type": "AzureKeyVaultSecret", "store": {  
      "referenceName": "AzureKeyValut1",   
      "type": "LinkedServiceReference"  
    }, "secretName": "datasetls"}  
    '@  
      
    $X = New-Object PsObject -Property @{Parent = $JsParent}  
      
    #using pipeline  
    $X.Parent | ConvertFrom-Json  
    #In your case with JObject, pls try below:  
    #$X.Parent.ToString() | ConvertFrom-Json  
  
    #or cmdlet  
    ConvertFrom-Json -InputObject $X.Parent  
    #ConvertFrom-Json -InputObject $X.Parent.ToString()  

or you can refer to this link:
powershell-accessing-a-jarray-inside-a-jobject

jObject:
Methods_T_Newtonsoft_Json_Linq_JObject.htm