SharePoint PnP PowerShell - How To Upload Files In SharePoint Online Using PowerShell

In this blog, you will see how to upload files in SharePoint Online, using PowerShell.

Introduction

SharePointPnP.PowerShell solution contains a library of PowerShell commands, which allows you to perform complex provisioning and artifact management actions towards SharePoint. The commands use CSOM and can work against both SharePoint Online as SharePoint On-Premises.

Prerequisites

Install SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline.msi for SharePoint Online.

Upload files

Open Notepad and paste XML given below. Save the text file as Inputs.xml.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Inputs>
  <ConnectSPOnline SiteURL="https://c986.sharepoint.com/sites/vijai" UserName="[email protected]" Password="xxxxxxxxx"></ConnectSPOnline>
 <UploadFiles>
    <UploadFile SourceFolder=".\HTML" DestinationFolder="SiteAssets" CreateFolder="yes" FolderName="HTML"></UploadFile>
    <UploadFile SourceFolder=".\CSS" DestinationFolder="SiteAssets" CreateFolder="yes" FolderName="CSS"></UploadFile>
    <UploadFile SourceFolder=".\Files" DestinationFolder="SiteAssets" CreateFolder="no" FolderName=""></UploadFile>
  </UploadFiles>
</Inputs>

Open Notepad and paste the script given below. Save the text file as uploadfiles.ps1.

############################################################## Logging #########################################

$date= Get-Date -format MMddyyyyHHmmss
start-transcript -path .\Log_$date.doc

################################################### Get input parameters from XML ###############################

# Get content from XML file
[xml]$xmlData=Get-Content ".\Inputs.xml"

# ConnectSPOnline node
[System.Xml.XmlElement]$connectSPOnline = $xmlData.Inputs.ConnectSPOnline
$siteURL=$connectSPOnline.SiteURL
$userName=$connectSPOnline.UserName
$password=$connectSPOnline.Password

# UploadFiles node
[System.Xml.XmlElement]$uploadFiles = $xmlData.Inputs.UploadFiles

########################################################## Get Credentials ######################################

function GetCredentials()
{
    write-host -ForegroundColor Green "Get Credentials and connect to SP Online site: " $siteURL
    # Convert password to secure string
    $secureStringPwd = ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText $Password -Force

    # Get the credentials
    $credentials = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $userName,$secureStringPwd

    # Connect to SP online site
    Connect-PnPOnline –Url $siteURL –Credentials $credentials
}

########################################################### Upload Files ########################################

function UploadFiles()
{
    write-host -ForegroundColor Green "Upload files to SP Online site"

    # Loop through UploadFiles XML node
    foreach($uploadFile in $uploadFiles.UploadFile)
    {
        # UploadFile node parameters
        $ufSourceFolder=$uploadFile.SourceFolder
        $upDestinationFolder=$uploadFile.DestinationFolder
        $ufCreateFolder=$uploadFile.CreateFolder
        $ufFolderName=$uploadFile.FolderName

        # Check whether folder has to be created
        if($ufCreateFolder="yes")
        {
            $siteRelativePath=$upDestinationFolder+"/"+$ufFolderName

            # Returns a folder from a given site relative path, and will create it if it does not exist.
            Ensure-PnPFolder -SiteRelativePath $siteRelativePath
        }
        else
        {
            $siteRelativePath=$upDestinationFolder
        }

        write-host -ForegroundColor Yellow "Uploading files - Source Folder: " $ufSourceFolder " - Destination Folder: " $siteRelativePath

        # Loop through all the files
        foreach($file in Get-ChildItem $ufSourceFolder)
        {
            $filePath=$ufSourceFolder+"\"+$file.Name
            write-host -ForegroundColor Magenta "uploading the file.... " $file.Name

            # Add files to the respective folder
            Add-PnPFile -Path $filePath -Folder $siteRelativePath
        }
    }
}

#################################################################  Initiate #####################################

function Initiate()
{
     write-host -ForegroundColor Green "Initiating the script.................. "

     # Get Credentials and connect to SP Online site
     GetCredentials

     # Call the required functions
     UploadFiles

     # Disconnect from the server
     Disconnect-PnPOnline

     write-host -ForegroundColor Green "Completed!!!!"
}

#################################################################################################################

Initiate
Stop-Transcript

Create folders and add the files to the folder. See the folder structure for the reference.

 

Run Windows PowerShell as an administrator.

Navigate to the folder, where XML and ps1 files are available.

Type .\uploadfiles.ps1 and click Enter.

Result

The folders are created, which are based on the input provided in an XML file and the files are uploaded to the respective folder. In this blog, you saw how to upload the files in SharePoint Online, using PowerShell.

 

Reference

• https://github.com/SharePoint/PnP-PowerShell/blob/master/Documentation/EnsurePnPFolder.md
• https://github.com/SharePoint/PnP-PowerShell/blob/master/Documentation/AddPnPFile.md