PowerShell to Create a Folder in SharePoint Document Library
Requirement: Create a new folder in SharePoint Server Document Library.
How to add a folder in SharePoint Document Library using PowerShell?
By using PowerShell, you can quickly create folders in SharePoint. This blog post will learn how to use PowerShell to create a new folder in a SharePoint document library.
To create a folder in the document library in SharePoint Server, use this PowerShell script:
$folder = $list.Folders.Add("", [Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFileSystemObjectType]::Folder, "New")
$folder.Update()
The above script doesn’t provide much fault tolerance, isn’t it?
- What if the particular library we are looking for doesn’t exists?
- What if the folder we are trying to add already exists on the library?
Error! So let’s re-write the code in PowerShell with little fault tolerance!
How to Create Folders and Sub-Folders in SharePoint List using PowerShell?
Here is the PowerShell code snippet for creating Folders and Sub-Folders inside SharePoint List or Library:
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
#Get the Web
$web=Get-SPWeb "https://sharepoint.company.com"
#Get the List/Library
$list=$web.Lists.TryGetList("SalesList")
If($list) #Check If List exists!
{
#Check Folder Doesn't exists in the Library!
$folder = $list.ParentWeb.GetFolder($list.RootFolder.Url + "/" +"Sales List");
#sharepoint powershell check if folder exists
If($folder.Exists -eq $false)
{
#Create a Folder
$folder = $list.AddItem([string]::Empty, [Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFileSystemObjectType]::Folder, "Sales Sub-Item")
$folder.Update();
}
#Create a Sub-Folder "APAC Sales Documents" inside "Sales Documents"
$Subfolder = $list.ParentWeb.GetFolder($folder.URL + "/" + "APAC Sales Documents");
#Check if sub-folder doesn't exist already
If ($Subfolder.Exists -eq $false)
{
#Create a Sub-Folder Inside "Sales Documents"
$Subfolder = $list.AddItem($folder.URL, [Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFileSystemObjectType]::Folder, "APAC Sales Documents")
$Subfolder.Update();
}
}
How about ensuring a nested folder structure in SharePoint Library? E.g. Library/FolderA/FolderAA/FolderAAA
#Get the Web
$web=Get-SPWeb "https://sharepoint.company.com"
#Get the List/Library
$list=$web.Lists.TryGetList("Documents")
#Function to Ensure FolderPath
Function Ensure-FolderPath($FolderPath)
{
$SubFolders = $FolderPath -split "/"
$RootFolder = $SubFolders[0]
$SubfolderPath = $RootFolder
For($i =1; $i -le $SubFolders.count-1; $i++)
{
$SubfolderPath = $SubfolderPath+"/"+$SubFolders[$i]
$Folder = $Web.GetFolder($SubfolderPath)
#Create Folder if it doesn't exists
If($Folder.Exists -eq $false)
{
$TargetFolder = $Web.Folders.Add($SubfolderPath)
Write-host "Folder Created:"$SubfolderPath
}
}
}
#Call the function to Ensure Folder Path
Ensure-FolderPath "Documents/Technical Design/Assorted/2020"
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Thank you!!
Error when attempting to create the folder:”Invalid Yes/No value.
A Yes/No field contains invalid data. It should be either 1 or 0. Please check the value and try again.”
Could you please help me?
saved ton of time . Thank you 🙂