ConvertTo-Json and URL encoding #2632
Description
Steps to reproduce
When you use Convertto-Json cmdlet and have an url in one of the properties of your hashtable then the output will show that there took some url encoding place during the conversion.
Expected behavior
I don't want the url encoding to happen. Or at least I want to be able to configure this if needed.
Actual behavior
url encoding is happening.
Environment data
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 5.1.14959.1000
PSEdition Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion 10.0.14959.1000
CLRVersion 4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion 3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
Example for testing:
$uri = 'https://www.stranger.nl/thisisstrange?date=2015-04-05&value=foo&this#&%*'
$body = @{
'url' = $uri
}
$body | convertto-json
[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile("C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\newtonsoft.json\1.0.1.2\libs\Newtonsoft.Json.dll") | out-null
[Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert]::SerializeObject($body)
When using the Newtonsoft json class the output is being show as expected.
Output:
{
"url": "https://www.stranger.nl/thisisstrange?date=2015-04-05\u0026value=fo
o\u0026this#\u0026%*"
}
{"url":"https://www.stranger.nl/thisisstrange?date=2015-04-05&value=foo&this#&%*
"}