How to remove recourses from ARM template using PowerShell? - powershell

Question

{
"$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
"contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
"parameters": {
"Connection1Name": {
"type": "string",
"defaultValue": "ApiConnection1"
},
"Connection2Name": {
"type": "string",
"defaultValue": "ApiConnection2"
}
},
"functions": [],
"variables": {},
"resources": [
{
"name": "logicApp1",
"type": "Microsoft.Logic/workflows",
"apiVersion": "2017-07-01",
"location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
"properties": {
"definition": {
"$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2016-06-01/Microsoft.Logic.json",
"contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
"parameters": {
},
"triggers": {
},
"actions": {
},
"outputs": {
}
},
"parameters": {
}
}
},
{
"name": "[parameters('Connection1Name')]",
"type": "Microsoft.Web/connections",
"apiVersion": "2016-06-01",
"location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
"tags": {
},
"properties": {
"displayName": "[parameters('Connection1Name')]",
"parameterValues": {
},
"customParameterValues": {
},
"nonSecretParameterValues": {
},
"api": {
"id": "[concat(subscription().id, '/providers/Microsoft.Web/locations/', resourceGroup().location, '/managedApis/logicAppConnectorApi1')]"
}
}
},
{
"name": "[parameters('Connection2Name')]",
"type": "Microsoft.Web/connections",
"apiVersion": "2016-06-01",
"location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
"tags": {
},
"properties": {
"displayName": "[parameters('Connection2Name')]",
"parameterValues": {
},
"customParameterValues": {
},
"nonSecretParameterValues": {
},
"api": {
"id": "[concat(subscription().id, '/providers/Microsoft.Web/locations/', resourceGroup().location, '/managedApis/logicAppConnectorApi1')]"
}
}
}
],
"outputs": {}
}
Hi all, I am trying something like
$jsonContentObject = Get-Content 'logicApp.json' -Raw | ConvertFrom-Json
$jsonContentObject.resources = $jsonContentObject.resources | Where-Object {$_.type -notmatch 'Microsoft.Web/connections' }
But after that the brackets [] are removed ("resources": [])
I need to do this at the level of the ARM template before deploying it, it is not necessary to do with PowerShell, but I don’t know any other options
I also cannot delete them via PSobject as it is generated via [parameters ('Connection2Name')]

Answer 1

I found a way to solve this problem with the script below
$jsonContentObject = Get-Content 'logicApp.json' -Raw | ConvertFrom-Json
$resourceSquare = #(
$jsonContentObject.resources | Where-Object { $_.type -notmatch 'Microsoft.Web/connections' }
)
$jsonContentObject.resources = $resourceSquare
$jsonContentObject | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 100 | Set-Content 'logicApp.json'
This site was helpful to me in this question https://www.cloudsma.com/2019/05/building-json-payload-in-powershell/