Copy Item Attachments To SharePoint Library Using PnP PowerShell

Explains you on how to copy the attachments from a list item to SharePoint library using PnP PowerShell

In this blog, we are going to learn how to copy the attachments from a single list item to SharePoint library using PnP PowerShell.

Check the snippets for downloading attachments and uploading file to library from the nelow links respectively,

• Download Attachments from SharePoint List Item Using PnP PowerShell
• Upload Document to SharePoint Library Using PnP PowerShell

The following snippet helps, you to get the attachments from a list item and uploads to the shared Documents library in a current context site.

$cred = Get-Credential
Connect-PnPOnline -Url https://ktskumartenant.sharepoint.com/sites/dev -Credential $cred

$listitem = Get-PnPListItem -List Employee -Id 2
$attachments = ForEach-Object{Get-PnPProperty -ClientObject $listitem -Property "AttachmentFiles"}

$attachments | ForEach-Object { Copy-PnPFile -SourceUrl $_.ServerRelativeUrl –TargetUrl “Shared Documents/$($_.FileName)” }

After running the powershell command, it asks us to confirm the sourceurl and target url. If the file already exists in the targeturl, we have to add -OverwriteIfAlreadyExists $true to avoid the file already exists error.

Below is the example copies the two attachments from the single list item to the folder within a SharePoint library.