Powershell: Parse a structured text file and save to .CSV - parsing

Question

I'm very new to Powershell. Only have been using it for about 2 weeks.
I have a file that is structured like this:
Service name: WSDL
Service ID: 14234321885
Service resolution path: /gman/wsdlUpdte
Serivce endpoints:
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Service name: DataService
Service ID: 419434324305
Service resolution path: /widgetDate_serv/WidgetDateServ
Serivce endpoints:
http://servername.company.com:1012/widgetDate_serv/WidgetDateServ
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Service name: SearchService
Service ID: 393234543546
Service resolution path: /ProxyServices/SearchService
Serivce endpoints:
http://servername.company.com:13010/Services/SearchService_5_0
http://servername2.company.com:13010/Services/SearchService_5_0
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Service name: Worker
Service ID: 14187898547
Service resolution path: /ProxyServices/Worker
Serivce endpoints:
http://servername.company.com:131009/Services/Worker/v9
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I'd like to parse the file and have Service name, Service ID, Service Resolution Path and Service Endpoints (which sometimes contain multiple or no values) in individual columms (CSV).
Beyond using Get-Content and looping through the file, I have no idea even where to start.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks

Answer 1

with PowerShell 5 you can use the fabulous command 'convertfrom-string'
$template=#'
Service name: {ServiceName*:SearchService}
Service ID: {serviceID:393234543546}
Service resolution path: {ServicePath:/ProxyServices/SearchService}
Serivce endpoints:
http://{ServiceEP*:servername.company.com:13010/Services/SearchService_5_0}
http://{ServiceEP*:servername2.tcompany.tcom:13011/testServices/SearchService_45_0}
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Service name: {ServiceName*:Worker}
Service ID: {serviceID:14187898547}
Service resolution path: {ServicePath:/ProxyServices/Worker}
Serivce endpoints:
http://{ServiceEP*:servername3.company.com:13010/Services/SearchService}
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Service name: {ServiceName*:WSDL}
Service ID: {serviceID:14234321885}
Service resolution path: {ServicePath:/gman/wsdlUpdte}
Serivce endpoints:
http://{ServiceEP*:servername4.company.com:13010/Services/SearchService_5_0}
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'#
#explode file with template
$listexploded=Get-Content -Path "c:\temp\file1.txt" | ConvertFrom-String -TemplateContent $template
#export csv
$listexploded |select *, #{N="ServiceEP";E={$_.ServiceEP.Value -join ","}} -ExcludeProperty ServiceEP | Export-Csv -Path "C:\temp\res.csv" -NoTypeInformation

Answer 2

Give this a try:
Read the file content as one string
Split it by 81 hyphens
Split each splited item on the colon char and take the last array item
Create new object for each item
$pattern = '-'*81
$content = Get-Content D:\Scripts\Temp\p.txt | Out-String
$content.Split($pattern,[System.StringSplitOptions]::RemoveEmptyEntries) | Where-Object {$_ -match '\S'} | ForEach-Object {
$item = $_ -split "\s+`n" | Where-Object {$_}
New-Object PSobject -Property #{
Name=$item[0].Split(':')[-1].Trim()
Id = $item[1].Split(':')[-1].Trim()
ResolutionPath=$item[2].Split(':')[-1].Trim()
Endpoints=$item[4..($item.Count)]
} | Select-Object Name,Id,ResolutionPath,Endpoints
}

Answer 3

Try this:
Get-Content | ? { $_ -match ': ' } | % { $_ -split ': ' } | Export-Csv Test.csv;
Basically it boils down to:
Get all text content as an array
Filter for lines that contain ': '
For each line left over, split it on ': '
Export object arrays to a CSV file named test.csv
Hope this points you in the right direction.
Note: Code is untested.

Answer 4

Here is a general way parsing files with records and records of records (and so on), it use the powerfull PowerShell switch instruction with regular expressions and the begin(), Process(), end() function template.
Load it, debug it, correct it ...
function Parse-Text
{
[CmdletBinding()]
Param
(
[Parameter(mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
[string]$ficIn,
[Parameter(mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[string]$ficOut
)
begin
{
$svcNumber = 0
$urlnum = 0
$Service = #()
$Service += #{}
}
Process
{
switch -regex -file $ficIn
{
# End of a service
"^-+"
{
$svcNumber +=1
$urlnum = 0
$Service += #{}
}
# URL, n ones can exist
"(http://.+)"
{
$urlnum += 1
$url = $matches[1]
$Service[$svcNumber]["Url$urlnum"] = $url
}
# Fields
"(.+) (.+): (.+)"
{
$name,$value = $matches[2,3]
$Service[$svcNumber][$name] = $value
}
}
}
end
{
#$service[3..0] | % {New-Object -Property $_ -TypeName psobject} | Export-Csv c:\Temp\ws.csv
# Get all the services except the last one (empty -> the file2Parse is teerminated by ----...----)
$tmp = $service[0..($service.count-2)] | Sort-Object #{Expression={$_.keys.count };Descending=$true}
$tmp | % {New-Object -Property $_ -TypeName psobject} | Export-Csv $ficOut
}
}
Clear-Host
Parse-Text -ficIn "c:\Développements\Pgdvlp_Powershell\Apprentissage\data\Text2Parse.txt" -ficOut "c:\Temp\ws.csc"
cat "c:\Temp\ws.csv"