SharePoint Online: Export List Data to XML using PowerShell

Requirement: Export SharePoint Online List data to XML file.

PowerShell to Export SharePoint Online List to XML

#Load SharePoint CSOM Assemblies
Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\16\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll"
Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\16\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.dll"
 
#Set parameter values
$SiteURL="https://crescenttech.sharepoint.com/"
$ListName="Projects"
$XMLFile ="C:\Temp\ProjectData.xml"

Try{
    #Get Credentials to connect
    $Cred= Get-Credential
  
    #Setup the context
    $Ctx = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($SiteURL)
    $Ctx.Credentials = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredentials($Cred.Username, $Cred.Password)
 
    #Get the web & List objects
    $Web = $Ctx.Web
    $Ctx.Load($Ctx.Web)
    $List = $Web.Lists.GetByTitle($ListName)
    $ListFields =$List.Fields
    $Ctx.Load($ListFields)
    $ListItems = $List.GetItems([Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.CamlQuery]::CreateAllItemsQuery()) 
    $Ctx.Load($ListItems)
    $Ctx.ExecuteQuery()

    #Create new XML File
    [System.XML.XMLDocument]$XMLDocument=New-Object System.XML.XMLDocument

    #Add XML Declaration
    $Declaration = $XMLDocument.CreateXmlDeclaration("1.0","UTF-8",$null)
    $XMLDocument.AppendChild($Declaration)
    
    #Create Root Node
    [System.XML.XMLElement]$XMLRoot=$XMLDocument.CreateElement($ListName)
 
    #Iterate through each List Item in the List
    Foreach ($Item in $ListItems)
    {
        #Add child node "Item"
        $ItemElement = $XMLDocument.CreateElement("Item")
        $ItemElement.SetAttribute("ID", $Item.ID)
        $XMLRoot.AppendChild($ItemElement)

        #Loop through each column of the List Item
        ForEach($Field in $ListFields | Where {$_.Hidden -eq $false -and $_.ReadOnlyField -eq $false -and $_.Group -ne "_Hidden"})
        {
            $FieldElement = $XMLDocument.CreateElement($Field.InternalName)
            $FieldElement.Set_InnerText($Item[$Field.InternalName])
            #Append to Root node
            $ItemElement.AppendChild($FieldElement)
        }
    }
    # Append Root Node to XML
    $XMLDocument.AppendChild($XMLRoot)

    #Save XML File
    $XMLDocument.Save($XMLFile)

    Write-Host -f Green "List Items Exported to XML!"
}
Catch {
        write-host -f Red "Error Exporting List Data to XML!" $_.Exception.Message
}

XML file generated through PowerShell script:

This PowerShell script extracts data from all columns and exports to XML. You may have to handle columns like People Picker, Lookup, etc separately.

#Loop through each columns of the List Item
ForEach($Field in $ListFields | Where {$_.Hidden -eq $false -and $_.ReadOnlyField -eq $false -and $_.Group -ne "_Hidden"})
{
    $FieldElement = $XMLDocument.CreateElement($Field.InternalName)
    $FieldValue = $Item[$Field.InternalName]

    #Check for User Field
    If($Field.GetType().Name -eq "FieldUser")
    {
        #Get the People picker Column value of the list item
        $UserFieldValue = [Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.FieldUserValue]$Item[$Field.InternalName] 
        #Get the Email of the User 
        $FieldValue = $UserFieldValue.Email #$FieldValue.LookupValue
    }

    $FieldElement.Set_InnerText($FieldValue)
    #Append to Root node
    $ItemElement.AppendChild($FieldElement)
}

Last but not least:
You can export SharePoint Online list to XML using RPC method or REST Calls

https://YourDomain.sharepoint.com/_vti_bin/owssvr.dll?Cmd=Display&List={GUID}&XMLDATA=TRUE ,E.g. https://crescenttech.sharepoint.com/_vti_bin/owssvr.dll?Cmd=Display&List={0d4ff78d-8759-46b4-94bd-d5ee5f7564a8}&XMLDATA=TRUE .To get the Complete List Structure, use: https://crescenttech.sharepoint.com/_vti_bin/owssvr.dll?Cmd=ExportList&List={0d4ff78d-8759-46b4-94bd-d5ee5f7564a8}
Use REST API Call to Get SharePoint List Data into XML format: https://Your-Domain.sharepoint.com/_api/lists/getbytitle('List-Name')/items? , E.g. https://crescenttech.sharepoint.com/_api/lists/getbytitle('Projects')/items?

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