Need PowerShell script to connect multiple sharepoint listID to user machine

Question

HI,

I need to sync multiple SharePoint listId's to user file explorer, can any one suggest me a PowerShell script.

Answer 1

Hi @Shiv ,

Based on your description, I don't quite understand your needs.

Do you want to synchronize all listids in the site to file explore, can you describe further?

My understanding is that you want to store all listids in a site to file explore in the form of files.

If this is the case, then you can use powershell to get all the listids in the site.

For details, please refer to this article:

https://www.sharepointdiary.com/2018/08/get-list-id-sharepoint-online-powershell.html

Or, do you want to export all the items in the list to a csv file, and then store the file in file explore?

If so, you can refer to this article:

https://www.sharepointdiary.com/2016/03/export-list-items-to-csv-in-sharepoint-online-using-powershell.html

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Answer 2

Hello there,

Found this script online and might use for your requirements.

Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\16\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll"
Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\16\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.dll"
   
#Variables for Processing
$SiteUrl = "
$ListName="Projects"
 
$UserName="admin@crescent.com"
$Password ="Password goes here"
  
#Setup Credentials to connect
$Credentials = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredentials($UserName,(ConvertTo-SecureString $Password -AsPlainText -Force))
  
#Set up the context
$Context = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($SiteUrl)
$Context.Credentials = $credentials
   
#Get the List
$List = $Context.web.Lists.GetByTitle($ListName)
 
#sharepoint online get list items powershell
$ListItems = $List.GetItems([Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.CamlQuery]::CreateAllItemsQuery())
$Context.Load($ListItems)
$Context.ExecuteQuery()      
 
write-host "Total Number of List Items found:"$ListItems.Count
 
#Loop through each item
$ListItems | ForEach-Object {
    #Get the Title field value
    write-host $_["Title"]
}

Hope this resolves your Query !!

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Answer 3

Hi @Shiv ,

To sync multiple SharePoint list IDs to a user's file explorer using PowerShell, you can use the following script:

# Load SharePoint Online PowerShell Module
Import-Module Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell -DisableNameChecking
# Set the SharePoint site URL
$siteUrl = "https://yoursharepointsiteurl.sharepoint.com"
# Set the list IDs you want to sync to the user's file explorer
$listIDs = @("list1", "list2", "list3")
# Connect to SharePoint Online
Connect-SPOService -Url $siteUrl -Credential $credential
# Loop through each list ID and sync it to the user's file explorer
foreach ($listID in $listIDs) {
    # Get the list object
    $list = Get-SPOList -Identity $listID
    # Sync the list to the user's file explorer
    $listUrl = $list.DefaultViewUrl
    $syncPath = "C:\Users\$env:USERNAME\Documents\SharePoint\$listID"
    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $syncPath -Force
    New-PSDrive -Name $listID -PSProvider FileSystem -Root $listUrl -Persist -Credential $credential
    $drive = Get-PSDrive -Name $listID
    $driveLocation = $drive.Root
    $driveLetter = $drive.Name + ":"
    $net = new-object -com WScript.Network
    $net.MapNetworkDrive($driveLetter, $driveLocation)
}

In this script, you first import the SharePoint Online PowerShell module and set the SharePoint site URL. Then, you set the list IDs you want to sync to the user's file explorer in an array.

Next, you connect to SharePoint Online using the Connect-SPOService cmdlet and provide the user's credentials.

Finally, you loop through each list ID in the array and get the list object using the Get-SPOList cmdlet. Then, you use the New-PSDrive cmdlet to create a new PowerShell drive for the list and sync it to the user's file explorer using the New-Item and WScript.Network cmdlets.

Please note that you will need to replace "https://yoursharepointsiteurl.sharepoint.com" with the URL of your SharePoint site, and "list1", "list2", and "list3" with the actual list IDs you want to connect. You will also need to provide the user's credentials to connect to SharePoint Online.

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