SharePoint Online: Get a Document Library using PowerShell
Requirement: Get a Document Library in SharePoint Online using PowerShell.
SharePoint Online: Get a Document Library using PowerShell
When working with PowerShell and SharePoint Online, there may be times when you need to get a document library. There are many ways to interact with SharePoint Online. This blog post will look at how to get a document library using PowerShell. This can be useful for automating tasks or reporting purposes. Let’s get started!
Here is the PowerShell to Get a SharePoint Online document library:
#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"
#Variables
$SiteURL = "https://crescent.sharepoint.com/Sites/Marketing"
$DocLibraryName="Documents"
#Setup Credentials to connect
$Cred = Get-Credential
Try {
#Setup the context
$Ctx = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($SiteURL)
$Ctx.Credentials = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredentials($Cred.UserName,$Cred.Password)
#sharepoint online get a document library powershell
$DocLibrary = $Ctx.Web.Lists.GetByTitle($DocLibraryName)
$Ctx.Load($DocLibrary)
$Ctx.ExecuteQuery()
Write-host "Total Number of Items in the Document Library:"$DocLibrary.ItemCount
}
Catch {
write-host -f Red "Error:" $_.Exception.Message
}
PnP PowerShell to get a document library in SharePoint Online:
To get a document library using PowerShell, you will first need to connect to your SharePoint Online site using the Connect-PnpOnline cmdlet. Once you have connected, you can use the Get-PnPList cmdlet to get your document library. You will need to specify a few parameters, such as the name of the library and the site URL, and PowerShell will take care of the rest.
To get a document library in the SharePoint Online site, Here is the PnP PowerShell script:
#Parameters
$SiteURL = "https://crescent.sharepoint.com/sites/marketing"
$LibraryName = "Documents"
#Connect to the Site
Connect-PnPOnline -URL $SiteURL -Interactive
#sharepoint online powershell get document library
$DocumentLibrary = Get-PnPList -Identity $LibraryName
#Get Number of Items the Document Library
Write-host $DocumentLibrary.ItemCount
This script gets the document library and returns the total number of items from the library.
How do I get a list of document libraries in SharePoint Online using PowerShell? To get all document libraries in SharePoint Online, use: SharePoint Online: PowerShell to Get All Document Libraries
