Issues running provided code sample

[Rykimaruh]

I'm trying to follow the steps in this article and I get an error message midway through.

I'm using the provided script from the article

$site_script = '
 {
     "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/site-design-script-actions.schema.json",
         "actions": [
             {
                 "verb": "createSPList",
                 "listName": "Customer Tracking",
                 "templateType": 100,
                 "subactions": [
                     {
                         "verb": "setDescription",
                         "description": "List of Customers and Orders"
                     },
                     {
                         "verb": "addSPField",
                         "fieldType": "Text",
                         "displayName": "Customer Name",
                         "isRequired": false,
                         "addToDefaultView": true
                     },
                     {
                         "verb": "addSPField",
                         "fieldType": "Number",
                         "displayName": "Requisition Total",
                         "addToDefaultView": true,
                         "isRequired": true
                     },
                     {
                         "verb": "addSPField",
                         "fieldType": "User",
                         "displayName": "Contact",
                         "addToDefaultView": true,
                         "isRequired": true
                     },
                     {
                         "verb": "addSPField",
                         "fieldType": "Note",
                         "displayName": "Meeting Notes",
                         "isRequired": false
                     }
                 ]
             }
         ]
 }
 '

Something wrong with the provided script when I run it:

Add-SPOSiteScript
 -Title "Create customer tracking list"
 -Content $site_script
 -Description "Creates list for tracking customer contact information"

I get the following error in Powershell: Add-SPOSiteScript : Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: $. Path '', line 0, position 0.

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• ID: 54a433bf-b243-03ff-f733-484dca2be753
• Version Independent ID: 7a173ed3-1700-b24f-ee78-417dd494ce16
• Content: Get started creating SharePoint site templates and site scripts
• Content Source: docs/declarative-customization/get-started-create-site-design.md
• Service: sharepoint-online
• GitHub Login: @VesaJuvonen
• Microsoft Alias: vesaj

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