How do I store the contents of an array to a json file in powershell

I wanted to save the contents of an array to a .json file.The array has some dictionaries in it. I tried

Set-Content -Path 'crl_urls.json' -Value $arrayval -Force


The JSON file has stored System.Collections.Hashtable. It hasn't stored the values of the dictionaries.

System.Collections.Hashtable

So How do I do it?

2 Answers
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To correctly save the content in a .json file you should first convert the array to the .json format.
Try this:

ConvertTo-Json -InputObject $arrayval | Out-File -FilePath .crl_urls.json


By using the ConvertTo-Json cmdlet I was able to export the contents of the array in the JSON file.
Example Code:

ConvertTo-Json

Set-Content -Path 'crl_urls1.json' -Value ($arrayval|ConvertTo-Json) -Force


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