Download All Attachments from SharePoint List Items using PowerShell
Requirement: Download all attachments from a SharePoint list to local folder. Lets use PowerShell to download attachments from all SharePoint list items.
PowerShell to Download Attachments from SharePoint List:
#Site URL and List Name variables
$WebURL = "https://intranet.crescent.com/sites/purchase"
$LibraryName = "Invoinces"
#Local folder to which attachments to be downloaded
$DownloadPath = "C:\Docs"
#Get the web
$Web = Get-SPWeb $WebURL
#Get the Library
$List = $Web.Lists[$LibraryName]
#Loop through each List item
foreach ($ListItem in $List.Items)
{
#Set path to save attachment
$DestinationFolder = $DownloadPath + "\" + $ListItem.ID
#Check if folder exists already. If not, create the folder
if (!(Test-Path -path $DestinationFolder))
{
New-Item $DestinationFolder -type directory
}
#Get all attachments
$AttachmentsColl = $ListItem.Attachments
#Loop through each attachment
foreach ($Attachment in $AttachmentsColl)
{
#Get the attachment File
$file = $web.GetFile($listItem.Attachments.UrlPrefix + $Attachment)
$bytes = $file.OpenBinary()
#Save the attachment as a file
$FilePath = $DestinationFolder + " \" + $Attachment
$fs = new-object System.IO.FileStream($FilePath, "OpenOrCreate")
$fs.Write($bytes, 0 , $bytes.Length)
$fs.Close()
}
}
For C# version of the above code, Go to: Download Attachments from SharePoint List Programmatically
where would you use a filter from a column like: ?{$_.Item(“Business Unit”) -eq “Upstream”}
Very Good !!