Adding compatibility with Linux (#118)

src/MsrcSecurityUpdates/MsrcSecurityUpdates.psd1

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 RootModule = 'MsrcSecurityUpdates.psm1'
 
 # Version number of this module.
-ModuleVersion = '1.9.8'
+ModuleVersion = '1.9.9'
 
 # Supported PSEditions
 # CompatiblePSEditions = @()
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ PrivateData = @{
 
         # ReleaseNotes of this module
         ReleaseNotes = @'
+April 18, 2023 - Adding compatibility with Linux
 April 17, 2023 - Add Exploitability Index Link
 April 13, 2023 - Update Exploitability Index Text
 Feb 17, 2022 - Update Mitre Urls and fix typo

src/MsrcSecurityUpdates/Private/ParseJsonString.ps1

@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-# ParseJsonString converts from string to PowerShell objects
-# (workaround to overcome ConvertFrom-Json limitation on PowerShell 4.0 and earlier)
-
-# Based on code by Florian Feldhaus at 'ConvertFrom-Json max length'
-# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16854057/convertfrom-json-max-length
-# With the following changes:
-# - ParseJsonString calls ParseItem, not ParseJsonObject (suggested by Dmitry Lobanov)
-# - if-else test in ParseJsonObject is replaced by '$parsedItem = ParseItem $item'
-# Note: this code is much slower than ConvertFrom-Json
-
-Add-Type -Assembly System.Web.Extensions
-
-# .NET JSON Serializer
-$javaScriptSerializer = New-Object System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer
-$javaScriptSerializer.MaxJsonLength = [System.Int32]::MaxValue
-$javaScriptSerializer.RecursionLimit = 99
-
-# Functions necessary to parse JSON output from .NET serializer to PowerShell Objects
-function ParseItem($jsonItem) {
-        if($jsonItem.PSObject.TypeNames -match "Array") {
-                return ParseJsonArray($jsonItem)
-        }
-        elseif($jsonItem.PSObject.TypeNames -match "Dictionary") {
-                return ParseJsonObject([HashTable]$jsonItem)
-        }
-        else {
-                return $jsonItem
-        }
-}
-
-function ParseJsonObject($jsonObj) {
-        $result = New-Object -TypeName PSCustomObject
-        foreach ($key in $jsonObj.Keys) {
-                $item = $jsonObj[$key]
-                $parsedItem = ParseItem $item
-                $result | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name $key -Value $parsedItem
-        }
-        return $result
-}
-
-function ParseJsonArray($jsonArray) {
-        $result = @()
-        $jsonArray | ForEach-Object {
-                $result += , (ParseItem $_)
-        }
-        return $result
-}
-
-function ParseJsonString($json) {
-        $config = $javaScriptSerializer.DeserializeObject($json)
-        return ParseItem($config)
-}

src/MsrcSecurityUpdates/Public/Get-MsrcCvrfDocument.ps1

@@ -91,19 +91,12 @@ Process {
         [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
         Write-Verbose -Message "Calling $($RestMethod.uri)"
 
-        $response = Invoke-RestMethod @RestMethod
+        Invoke-RestMethod @RestMethod
 
     } catch {
         Write-Error -Message "HTTP Get failed with status code $($_.Exception.Response.StatusCode): $($_.Exception.Response.StatusDescription)"
     }
 
-    # Invoke-RestMethod will return an string on PowerShell 4.0 and earlier
-    # if the JSON-formatted response is larger than about two million characters
-    if (-not $AsXml -and $response -is [string]) {
-        $response = ParseJsonString($response)
-    }
-    $response
-
 }
 End {}
 }