Get-Json Property - Powershell ⚡

Microsoft.Powershell_profile.ps1

# catjp - Concatenate JSON property
# Made with 💖 - Olwiba

function Get-JsonProperty {
    param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string]$Path,

        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string]$Property
    )
    
    if (-Not (Test-Path $Path)) {
        Write-Host "🛑 File not found at '$Path'." -ForegroundColor Red
        return
    }

    try {
        $jsonContent = Get-Content $Path | ConvertFrom-Json
        if ($jsonContent.PSObject.Properties.Name -contains $Property) {
            Write-Host "{"
            $jsonContent.$Property.PSObject.Properties | ForEach-Object {
                Write-Host -NoNewline ("  $($_.Name): ") -ForegroundColor Green
                Write-Host "`"$($_.Value)`""
            }
            Write-Host "}"
        } else {
            Write-Host "🥲 Property '$Property' not found in JSON file at '$Path'." -ForegroundColor Yellow
        }
    } catch {
        Write-Host "🚫 Failed to parse JSON from file at '$Path'. Ensure the file is a valid JSON document." -ForegroundColor Red
    }
}

Set-Alias catjp Get-JsonProperty

example usage catjp ./package.json scripts