Get all items from picture library using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell

In this blog you will see how to get all items from picture library using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell

I have a picture library named as "PL1" which contains a folder called "New Folder". Inside "New Folder" there is an item named Creek.jpg. In this you will see how to get the items from a particular folder in the picture library.

Steps Involved:

1. Open SharePoint 2010 Management Shell by going to Start | All Programs | SharePoint | Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products | SharePoint 2010 Management Shell (Run as Administrator).
2. Run the following script.

Powershell Script:

##Get all items from picture library using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell $uri="http://serverName:10736/sites/ECT2/_vti_bin/Imaging.asmx?wsdl" ## $listName is a string that contains the picture library name from which you need to get all the items $listName="PL1" ## $strParentFolder is a string that contains the parent folder relative path from where you need to get the items $strParentFolder="New Folder" ## Web Service Reference - http://Site/_vti_bin/Imaging.asmx $imagingWebServiceReference = New-WebServiceProxy -Uri $uri -UseDefaultCredential [System.Xml.XmlNode]$xmlNode=$imagingWebServiceReference.GetListItems($listName,$strParentFolder) ## Creates an GetPicLibItems.xml file in the D:\ which contains all the items from the specified picture library and folder $output = New-Object -TypeName System.IO.StreamWriter -ArgumentList "D:\GetPicLibItems.xml", $false $output.WriteLine("<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""utf-8"" ?>") $output.WriteLine($xmlNode.OuterXml) $output.WriteLine() $output.Dispose()

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