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Iterate Over PSCustomObject Properties by Using THIS Hidden Property
I was writing some code earlier this week and came across the need to iterate over the properties of a [pscustomobject]. I wanted a function to be able to accept a pscustomobject and use all of the members to form a body on the fly. This command is for an api so I wanted to make it reusable with future versions of the api that may include new parameters.
I started writing a foreach loop and realized that I forgot how to iterate over each property in a pscustomobject. Sounds like the perfect excuse to freshen up on it and document it for the next time I forget :)
Code Sample
Hidden PSObject Property
PSCustomObjects have a hidden property named psobject. This property contains base object metadata. Let’s look at the hidden properties of a pscustomobject using the -force parameter of Get-Member.
$object = [pscustomobject]@{ Key1 = 'Val1' ; Key2 = 'Val2' }
$object | Get-Member -Force
TypeName: System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject
Name MemberType Definition
---- ---------- ----------
pstypenames CodeProperty System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection...
psadapted MemberSet psadapted {ToString, Equals, GetHashCode, GetType}
psbase MemberSet psbase {ToString, Equals, GetHashCode, GetType}
psextended MemberSet psextended {Key1, Key2}
psobject MemberSet psobject {Members, Properties, Methods, ImmediateB...
Equals Method bool Equals(System.Object obj)
GetHashCode Method int GetHashCode()
GetType Method type GetType()
ToString Method string ToString()
Key1 NoteProperty string Key1=Val1
Key2 NoteProperty string Key2=Val2Let’s grab all of the properties by using the .psobject property. We only want to grab noteproperties because there will be other properties that we dont want to iterate over.
$objMembers = $object.psobject.Members | where-object membertype -like 'noteproperty'
#create an empty hashtable to add stuff to.
$form = @{}
foreach ($obj in $objMembers) {
$form.add( "$($obj.name)", "$($obj.Value)")
}Read More
These are some great posts that go a bit deeper on pscustomobjects and provide lots of relevant info.