json files not supported for flag -v

[ghost]

Hello,

Are json files supported when using the -v cli flag?

currently im getting an error of "Variable definition is not valid JSON. Correct example: -v '{"var1": "value1", "var2": "value2"}'"
when i try and pass in a json file instead of manually typing in the long variable list.

Maybe im configuring this wrong?

I have a json file with the following format

{
   "cCN":"Party", 
   "sECN":"Sin"
}

also doing this through powershell if that makes a difference

[hassy]

The value of -v is expected to be a JSON string, rather than a file name. Not sure about Powershell, but in bash/zsh you could pass the contents of a file on the command line with shell substitution, e.g.:

artillery -v "$(cat somefile.json)"

but you'd have to make sure there are no line breaks.

I imagine Powershell has something similar.