Convert name and Value to column and rows during Export to CSV in Powershell - excel

Question

I am trying to convert name and values returned from my API call into column and rows during export but so far I have no luck.
$searchResponse = Invoke-RestMethod -Method POST -Uri $searchUri -ContentType application/json -Header $requestHeader -Body $searchResultsRequest
$lists = $searchResponse.businessO.fields | Select name, value
The $list returns:
name value
---- ----
Name YY
Address ABC street
City Seattle
Zip 01256
Name XYZ
Address XYZ street
City XYZ
Zip 45456
Name Mike
Address 1256 Street
City New York
Zip 78965
I want to output this result as following in CSV:
Name Address City Zip
YY ABC street Seattle 01256
.
.
.
I tried looping through list and applied condition to check name and populate value based on it, but i end up getting either duplicates or all my output data are out of sysnc meaning Mike gets Address of YY and so on....
If($lists.count -ge 0){
ForEach($list in $lists){
if($list.name -eq "Name") {$name= $list.value }
}
I would really appreciate any help on this one. Thank You.
$searchResponse results
$searchResponse |ConvertTo-Json
{
"businessObjects": [
{
"busObId": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"busObPublicId": "abc345",
"busObRecId": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"fields": " ",
"links": "",
"errorCode": null,
"errorMessage": null,
"hasError": false
},
{
"busObId": "xxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"busObPublicId": "rty567",
"busObRecId": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"fields": " ",
"links": "",
"errorCode": null,
"errorMessage": null,
"hasError": false
}
],
"hasPrompts": false,
"links": [
],
"prompts": [
],
"searchResultsFields": [
],
"totalRows": 2500
}
Fields has the name and value which I want to output.
$searchResponse.businessObjects.fields |ConvertTo-Json
[
{
"dirty": false,
"displayName": "Name",
"fieldId": "xxxxxxxxxxx",
"html": null,
"name": "Name",
"value": "Mike"
},
{
"dirty": false,
"displayName": "Address",
"fieldId": "456451212113132",
"html": null,
"name": "Address",
"value": "Seattle"
},
and so on.

Answer 1

This answer as a teaching exercise with the expectation, one will walk through the code in the VSCode or ISE debugger and learn more about the objects, members, and more.
There are a few ways to solve this. In this answer, I try to break down the steps in a way newer PowerShell user may learn more about the language.
# mock your data
$list1 = #(
[pscustomobject]#{Name='YY'},
[pscustomobject]#{Address='ABC street'},
[pscustomobject]#{City='Seattle'},
[pscustomobject]#{Zip='01256'},
[pscustomobject]#{Name='XYZ'},
[pscustomobject]#{Address='XYZ street'},
[pscustomobject]#{City='XYZ'},
[pscustomobject]#{Zip='45456'},
[pscustomobject]#{Name='Mike'},
[pscustomobject]#{Address='1256 Street'},
[pscustomobject]#{City='New York'},
[pscustomobject]#{Zip='78965'}
)
# mock your data
$list2 = #(
#{Name='YY'},
#{Address='ABC street'},
#{City='Seattle'},
#{Zip='01256'},
#{Name='XYZ'},
#{Address='XYZ street'},
#{City='XYZ'},
#{Zip='45456'},
#{Name='Mike'},
#{Address='1256 Street'},
#{City='New York'},
#{Zip='78965'}
)
# debuggng...
#$list1
#$list1.GetType()
#$list1[0].GetType()
#$list2
#$list2.GetType()
#$list2[0].GetType()
# seems your data looks like list1
$data = #()
$entry = [ordered]#{}
# transform the data into separate objects based on the field you want
foreach ($item in $list)
{
if ($item.Name) {$entry.Name = $item.Name}
elseif ($item.Address) {$entry.Address = $item.Address}
elseif ($item.City) {$entry.City = $item.City}
elseif ($item.Zip) {$entry.Zip = $item.Zip; $data += $entry; $entry = [ordered]#{}}
}
# data transformed now into an array of hashtables
# there are a few says to save as csv, one is to just roll your own rather
# than GetEnumerator(), etc.
$out = #()
$out += $data[0].Keys -join ', '
$out += $data | % {
#$_['Name']+','+$_['Address']+','+$_['City']+','+$_['Zip']
# or
#$_.Name+','+$_.Address+','+$_.City+','+$_.Zip
# or
$_.Name,$_.Address,$_.City,$_.Zip -join ', '
}
$out
# save $out to a file, uncomment to use after editing path
#$out | Out-File -FilePath 'c:\mycsvfile.csv'