Get the count of all social comments for the specified URL using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell

In this blog you will see how to get the count of all social comments for the specified URL 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 the count of all social comments for the specified URL using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell $uri="http://serverName:10736/sites/ECT/_vti_bin/SocialDataService.asmx?wsdl" ## $url is a string that contains the URL from where we need to count the social comments $url="http://serverName/sites/teamsite/"   ## Web Service Reference - http://Site/_vti_bin/SocialDataService.asmx $socialDataServiceWebServiceReference = New-WebServiceProxy -Uri $uri -UseDefaultCredential [int]$CountCommentsOnUrl=$socialDataServiceWebServiceReference.CountCommentsOnUrl($url) Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Number of comments for the specified URL : " $CountCommentsOnUrl