public/Import-ConfigData.ps1
function Import-ConfigData { <# .SYNOPSIS Load configuration data from multiple file types. .DESCRIPTION Load configuration data from multiple file types. The returned object should look the same regardless of the source format. .PARAMETER Path Specifies a path to a configuration file with an extention of psd1, toml, yaml, or yml. .LINK https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_data_files?view=powershell-7.4 .LINK https://toml.io/ .LINK https://yaml.org/ .LINK https://github.com/cloudbase/powershell-yaml .EXAMPLE $config = Import-ConfigData -Path config.psd1 $config.DriveName data Return an object representing the contents of a PowerShell Data File. .EXAMPLE $config = Import-ConfigData -Path config.toml $config.DriveName data Return an object representing the contents of a TOML File. .EXAMPLE $config = Import-ConfigData -Path config.yaml $config.DriveName data Return an object representing the contents of a YAML File. #> [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory, Position = 0, ValueFromPipeline, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName)] [Alias("PSPath")] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [string] $Path ) begin { } process { $file = Get-Item -Path $Path -ErrorAction Stop switch ($file.Extension) { '.psd1' { Import-PowerShellDataFile -Path $Path; break } '.toml' { Import-TomlConfigData -Path $Path; break } '.yaml' { Import-YamlConfigData -Path $Path; break } '.yml' { Import-YamlConfigData -Path $Path; break } } } end { } } |