ps-sort-json

Powershell module that will sort JSON using JSON.NET.

Installation

The following script below will download the powershell binary module to temp directory and load it into your powershell session with all needed utilities such as JSON.NET version 12.0.3.23909

#Download the module
iwr -uri "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TheUniquePaulSmith/ps-sort-json/master/TheUniquePaulSmith.PowerShell.Commands-Merged.dll" `
 -OutFile "$([System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath())TheUniquePaulSmith.PowerShell.Commands-Merged.dll"; 

#Import the module
Import-Module "$([System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath())TheUniquePaulSmith.PowerShell.Commands-Merged.dll"

Alternatively you can manually download the DLL and reference the path for import-module. In the future when I have time to clean up the package i'll add it to nuget\PowerShell and remove the merged JSON.NET

Usage

Sort-JSON can be piped or declared inline. Start with a JSON object, you can use below for reference, it can be either a string or string[] type

$jObj = @'
{
zTest: "Value1",
cTest: [
    "z",
    1,
    "3"
],
aTest: "Value2"
}
'@

Convert string to sorted JSON string

$jObj | Sort-JSON

Can also be explicit with or without named parameters

Sort-JSON -InputObject $jObj

Disclaimer / Issues

While I have not seen any issues with sorting JSON, I'd still validate that the sort does not affect the data integrity of the original JSON document If you a discover an issue please add to issues list