Fastest way to flatten / un-flatten nested JSON objects

Question

I threw some code together to flatten and un-flatten complex/nested JSON objects. It works, but it\'s a bit slow (triggers the \'long script\' warning).

For the flat

Answer 1

Here's a recursive solution for flatten I put together in PowerShell:

#---helper function for ConvertTo-JhcUtilJsonTable
#
function getNodes {
    param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory)]
        [System.Object]
        $job,
        [Parameter(Mandatory)]
        [System.String]
        $path
    )

    $t = $job.GetType()
    $ct = 0
    $h = @{}

    if ($t.Name -eq 'PSCustomObject') {
        foreach ($m in Get-Member -InputObject $job -MemberType NoteProperty) {
            getNodes -job $job.($m.Name) -path ($path + '.' + $m.Name)
        }
        
    }
    elseif ($t.Name -eq 'Object[]') {
        foreach ($o in $job) {
            getNodes -job $o -path ($path + "[$ct]")
            $ct++
        }
    }
    else {
        $h[$path] = $job
        $h
    }
}


#---flattens a JSON document object into a key value table where keys are proper JSON paths corresponding to their value
#
function ConvertTo-JhcUtilJsonTable {
    param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipeline = $true)]
        [System.Object[]]
        $jsonObj
    )

    begin {
        $rootNode = 'root'    
    }
    
    process {
        foreach ($o in $jsonObj) {
            $table = getNodes -job $o -path $rootNode

            # $h = @{}
            $a = @()
            $pat = '^' + $rootNode
            
            foreach ($i in $table) {
                foreach ($k in $i.keys) {
                    # $h[$k -replace $pat, ''] = $i[$k]
                    $a += New-Object -TypeName psobject -Property @{'Key' = $($k -replace $pat, ''); 'Value' = $i[$k]}
                    # $h[$k -replace $pat, ''] = $i[$k]
                }
            }
            # $h
            $a
        }
    }

    end{}
}

Example:

'{"name": "John","Address": {"house": "1234", "Street": "Boogie Ave"}, "pets": [{"Type": "Dog", "Age": 4, "Toys": ["rubberBall", "rope"]},{"Type": "Cat", "Age": 7, "Toys": ["catNip"]}]}' | ConvertFrom-Json | ConvertTo-JhcUtilJsonTable

Key              Value
---              -----
.Address.house   1234
.Address.Street  Boogie Ave
.name            John
.pets[0].Age     4
.pets[0].Toys[0] rubberBall
.pets[0].Toys[1] rope
.pets[0].Type    Dog
.pets[1].Age     7
.pets[1].Toys[0] catNip
.pets[1].Type    Cat