(PowerShell) JSON Hex Encoding

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Let's say your JSON contains content that is hex encoded like this: \u05d1\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7

This example shows how to get the decoded string.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$s = "{ `"example`": `"\\u05d1\\u05d3\\u05d9\\u05e7`" }"

$json = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject

$success = $json.Load($s)

# When getting the member data, it is automatically decoded.
$("member data: " + $json.StringOf("example"))

# Output:
# member data: בדיק

# When getting the full JSON, it remains encoded. This is expected and intentional.
$("full JSON: " + $json.Emit())

# Output:
# full JSON: {"example":"\u05d1\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7"}

# To get the full JSON without the encoding, you can decode manually.
$sb = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$json.EmitSb($sb)
# The hex encoding used by JSON is utf-8.
$sb.Decode("json","utf-8")

$($sb.GetAsString())

# Output:
# {"example":"בדיק"}