JSON output for some commands

[majkinetor]

It would be great for choco to return something other then text for any output. JSON would totally do as it can quickly be loaded with Convert-FromJson. This would help with automatic choco installation and configuration.

For example:

choco info git.install --format json | Convert-FromJson | % Tags

choco feature --format json | Convert-FromJson | set features
$features.checksumFiles.Enabled -eq $true

[ferventcoder]

This might be a duplicate as it may already have another coinciding issue.

[ferventcoder]

Actually seeing output as JSON format I think was once proposed but would require quite a bit of rework to allow. However it may not be a bad idea to look at it for some commands.

How easily can command output (text) pipe to PowerShell's Convert-FromJson? Since the output on the left doesn't come out as a PowerShell object (and it can't being a command that is run, not a PowerShell script), is what you are showing even technically possible in that form?

[majkinetor]

Yes it is possible, as long as it is valid json.

[ferventcoder]

That's pretty cool then. :D

[ferventcoder]

I've marked this up for grabs.

[majkinetor]

Its also usable with jq (cinst jq):

gsv | convertto-json | jq .[].Name

[Daniel15]

Possibly a duplicate of #159?

[jborean93]

This would be a great thing to have. Would solve #1614 as the .NET library for JSON will be able to escape whatever character for you.