How to parse JSON from the Invoke-WebRequest in PowerShell?

Question

When sending the GET request to the server, which uses self-signed certificate:

add-type @"
    using System.Net;
    using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
    public class TrustAllCertsPolicy : ICertificatePolicy {
        public bool CheckValidationResult(
            ServicePoint srvPoint, X509Certificate certificate,
            WebRequest request, int certificateProblem) {
            return true;
        }
    }
"@
[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::CertificatePolicy = New-Object TrustAllCertsPolicy
$RESPONSE=Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://yadayada:8080/bla -Method GET
echo $RESPONSE

I'm getting following Response:

StatusCode        : 200
StatusDescription : OK
Content           : {123, 10, 108, 111...}
RawContent        : HTTP/1.1 200 OK
                    Content-Length: 21
                    Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2016 10:11:03 GMT

                    {
                        flag:false
                    }
Headers           : {[Content-Length, 21], [Date, Sat, 11 Jun 2016 10:11:03 GMT]}
RawContentLength  : 21

Content contains some wired numbers, so I went after RawContent, how would I parse the JSON inside, ignoring headers? or is there a clean way to get Content from those numbers?

Do yiou need the JSON at all or just the values? You could replace Invoke-WebRequest with Invoke-RestMethod which auto-converts json response to a psobject so you can use $response = Intoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://yadayada:8080/bla"; $response.flag — Frode F.
– Frode F., Commented Jun 11, 2016 at 11:32
Thanks Frode F., this solves my puzzle. For me JSON values are good enough, if you would repost this as answer I'll accept it — Giorgi Gviani
– Giorgi Gviani, Commented Jun 11, 2016 at 11:44

Cullub · Accepted Answer · 2024-01-12 14:31:55Z

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You could replace Invoke-WebRequest with Invoke-RestMethod which auto-converts json response to a psobject so you can use:

$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://yadayada:8080/bla"
$response.flag

edited Jan 12, 2024 at 14:31

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answered Jun 11, 2016 at 11:45

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FictitiousWizard · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-25 20:00:27Z

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If you have a need to use Invoke-WebRequest over Invoke-RestMethod you can convert it to an object by turning it into a string first

$response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://yadayada:8080/bla"
$jsonObj = ConvertFrom-Json $([String]::new($response.Content))

answered Mar 25, 2019 at 20:00

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David E Over a year ago

Heads up in case it helps anyone else - the syntax on line 2 in this answer doesn't work for Powershell v4 - but Invoke-RestMethod did work. Invoke-RestMethod also has a benefit (in Powershell v4 at least) to not have a dependency on IE - to get Invoke-WebRequest to work on an environment without IE available, I had to provide -UseBasicParsing.

pebble unit Over a year ago

Just want to mention, I have not tested the line 2 syntax (for powershell 4), but I did test the answer from below, and ConvertFrom-Json $response.Content

aalbagarcia · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-23 00:13:06Z

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This way:

$response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri <your_uri>
if ($response.statuscode -eq '200') {
    $keyValue= ConvertFrom-Json $response.Content | Select-Object -expand "<your_key_name>"
}

edited Nov 23, 2020 at 0:13

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answered Nov 22, 2020 at 20:42

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