Get all SharePoint 2010 list form URL's and types using web service in powershell

In this blog you will see how to get all the SharePoint 2010 list form URL's and types using web service in powershell

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 SharePoint 2010 list form URL's and types using web service in powershell $uri="http://serverName:10736/sites/ECT2/_vti_bin/Forms.asmx?wsdl" ## $listName is a string which contains the list name [String]$listName="A1" ## Web Service Reference - http://Site/_vti_bin/Forms.asmx $formsWebServiceReference = New-WebServiceProxy -Uri $uri -UseDefaultCredential [System.Xml.XmlNode]$xmlNode=$formsWebServiceReference.GetFormCollection($listName) ## Creates an GetListFormCollection.xml file in the D:\ which contains the URL's and types of list forms $output = New-Object -TypeName System.IO.StreamWriter -ArgumentList "D:\GetListFormCollection.xml", $false $output.WriteLine("<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""utf-8"" ?>") $output.WriteLine($xmlNode.OuterXml) $output.WriteLine() $output.Dispose()

Output : GetListFormCollection.xml