Csv.psm1
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.SYNOPSIS This function converts a CSV string to a CSV object. .DESCRIPTION This function takes in a CSV representation as a string and returns a custom object with properties that correspond to the CSV. .PARAMETER csvString The string containing the CSV representation. #> function ConvertTo-CsvObject { param ( # The string containing the CSV representation. [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [String]$csvString ) # Remove extra first line for Excel if present if ($csvString -like "sep=,*") { $csvString = $csvString.Remove(0, $csvString.IndexOf('"')) } # Output CSV string to temporary file # Try to create a temporary file try { $tempFile = New-TemporaryFile } catch { Write-Error "Failed to create temporary file for converting CSV string to CSV object. $($_.Exception.Message)" return [PSCustomObject]@{} } # Try to set the content of the temporary file try { $csvString | Set-Content -NoNewline -Path $tempFile.FullName } catch { Write-Error "Failed to set content of temporary file for converting CSV string to CSV object. $($_.Exception.Message)" return [PSCustomObject]@{} } # Try to import CSV file to object try { $csvObject = Import-Csv -Path $tempFile.FullName } catch { Write-Error "Failed to import temporary file into CSV object. $($_.Exception.Message)" return [PSCustomObject]@{} } return $csvObject } <# .SYNOPSIS This function converts a CSV object to a CSV string. .DESCRIPTION This function takes in a custom object and returns the CSV representation of that object as a single string. .PARAMETER csvObject The object containing properties to convert to CSV. #> function ConvertTo-CsvString { param ( # The object containing properties to convert to CSV [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [PSObject]$csvObject ) # Output CSV object to temporary file # Try to create a temporary file try { $tempFile = New-TemporaryFile } catch { Write-Error "Failed to create temporary file for converting CSV object to CSV string. $($_.Exception.Message)" return "" } # Try to export CSV object to temporary file try { $csvObject | Export-Csv -Path $tempFile.FullName -NoTypeInformation } catch { Write-Error "Failed to export CSV object into temporary file. $($_.Exception.Message)" return "" } # Try to get content of temporary file to CSV string try { $csvString = Get-Content $tempFile.FullName -Raw } catch { Write-Error "Failed to get content of temporary file to CSV string. $($_.Exception.Message)" return "" } # Add extra line so that Excel opens properly $csvString = "sep=,`r`n" + $csvString return $csvString } |