Get all the attachment URLs for the specified SharePoint 2010 list item using web service in Powershell

Inthis blog you will see how to get all the attachment URLs for the specified SharePoint 2010 list item 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

## Input Parameters required for getting the URLs for the attachments
$uri="http://serverName:10736/sites/ECT/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx?wsdl"
[string] $listItemId="2"
[string] $listName="List" 


$listWebServiceReference = New-WebServiceProxy -Uri $uri -UseDefaultCredential
[System.Xml.XmlNode]$xmlNode=$listWebServiceReference.GetAttachmentCollection($listName,$listItemId)
## Creates an Attachments.xml file in the D:\ which contains the URLS for the attachements
$output = New-Object -TypeName System.IO.StreamWriter -ArgumentList "D:\Attachments.xml", $false
$output.WriteLine("<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""utf-8"" ?>")
$output.WriteLine($xmlNode.OuterXml)
$output.WriteLine() 
$output.Dispose()
write-host -ForegroundColor Magenta "Getting all the attachment URLs for the specified SharePoint list item........."
foreach($node in $xmlNode.Attachment)
{
## Displays all the attachment URLs for the specified list item
write-host -ForegroundColor Green $node
}

Attachments.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> 
- <Attachments xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/">
  <Attachment>http://serverName:10736/sites/ECT/Lists/List/Attachments/2/Lists.xml</Attachment>
</Attachments>