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Summary

Add -Path and -LiteralPath parameter to Test-Json cmdlet. This allows the user to validate JSON from file paths, instead of just a JSON string.

Details

The new parameter sets for this cmdlet is:

Test-Json [-Json] <string> [<CommonParameters>]

Test-Json [-Json] <string> [-Schema] <string> [<CommonParameters>]

Test-Json [-Json] <string> [-SchemaFile] <string> [<CommonParameters>]

Test-Json [-Path] <string> [<CommonParameters>]

Test-Json [-Path] <string> [-Schema] <string> [<CommonParameters>]

Test-Json [-Path] <string> [-SchemaFile] <string> [<CommonParameters>]

Test-Json [-LiteralPath] <string> [<CommonParameters>]

Test-Json [-LiteralPath] <string> [-Schema] <string> [<CommonParameters>]

Test-Json [-LiteralPath] <string> [-SchemaFile] <string> [<CommonParameters>]

Examples:

With -Path:

PS C:\> Test-Json -Path data.json

With -LiteralPath:

PS C:\> Test-Json -LiteralPath '[data].json'

Articles

• reference/7.3/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Test-Json.md

Related Source Pull Requests

• Add -Path and -LiteralPath parameters to Test-Json cmdlet PowerShell/PowerShell#19042

Related Source Issues

• Test-Json : Add parameter for JSON data file PowerShell/PowerShell#15544
• Test-Json should have a -JsonFile parameter PowerShell/PowerShell#12882