Get all the versions of the specified file using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell

In this blog you will see how to get all the versions of the specified file using SharePoint 2010 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 the versions of the specified file using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell $uri="http://serverName:10736/sites/ECT/_vti_bin/Versions.asmx?wsdl" ## $fileName is the string that contains the site-relative URL of the file [String]$fileName="Shared Documents/test.docx" ## Web Service Reference - http://Site/_vti_bin/Versions.asmx $versionsWebServiceReference= New-WebServiceProxy -Uri $uri -UseDefaultCredential [System.Xml.XmlNode]$xmlNode=$versionsWebServiceReference.GetVersions($fileName) ## Creates an Versions.xml file in the D:\ which contains all the versions for the specified file $output = New-Object -TypeName System.IO.StreamWriter -ArgumentList "D:\Versions.xml", $false $output.WriteLine("<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""utf-8"" ?>") $output.WriteLine($xmlNode.OuterXml) $output.WriteLine() $output.Dispose()

Output - Versions.xml: