Public/Get-ExcelFromSharePoint.ps1
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.SYNOPSIS Downloads an Excel file from a SharePoint site. .DESCRIPTION This function connects to a specified SharePoint site and downloads an Excel file from the provided server-relative URL to a local path. If username and password are not provided, it will use web login by default. .PARAMETER SiteUrl The URL of the SharePoint site. .PARAMETER SharePointFileServerRelativeUrl The server-relative URL of the Excel file on SharePoint. .PARAMETER LocalDownloadPath The local directory path where the Excel file will be downloaded. .PARAMETER Username The username for SharePoint authentication (optional). .PARAMETER Password The password for SharePoint authentication (optional). .EXAMPLE Get-ExcelFromSharePoint -SiteUrl "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/Finance" -SharePointFileServerRelativeUrl "/sites/Finance/Shared Documents/report.xlsx" -LocalDownloadPath "C:\Downloads" .EXAMPLE Get-ExcelFromSharePoint -SiteUrl "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/Finance" -SharePointFileServerRelativeUrl "/sites/Finance/Shared Documents/report.xlsx" -LocalDownloadPath "C:\Downloads" -Username "user@contoso.com" -keypath "C:\temp\pass.encrypted" .NOTES Author: Sundeep Eswarawaka #> function Get-ExcelFromSharePoint { param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [string]$SiteUrl, [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [string]$SharePointFileServerRelativeUrl, [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [string]$LocalDownloadPath, [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [string]$Username, [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [string]$keypath ) # Connect to SharePoint Online if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('Username') -and $PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('keypath')) { $securepass = Get-CredentialSecureString -FilePath $keypath $securePassword = ConvertTo-SecureString -String $securepass -AsPlainText -Force $credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential($Username, $securePassword) Connect-PnPOnline -Url $SiteUrl -Credentials $credential -WarningAction SilentlyContinue } else { Connect-PnPOnline -Url $SiteUrl -UseWebLogin -WarningAction SilentlyContinue } # Extract the filename from the server-relative URL $filename = Split-Path -Leaf $SharePointFileServerRelativeUrl # Download the file Get-PnPFile -Url $SharePointFileServerRelativeUrl -Path $LocalDownloadPath -Filename $filename -AsFile -Force } |