Get the SharePoint 2010 list form using web service in powershell

In this blog you will see how to get the schema of a SharePoint 2010 list form using 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 SharePoint 2010 list form using web service in powershell $uri="http://serverName:10736/sites/ECT2/_vti_bin/Forms.asmx?wsdl" ## $listName is a string which contains the list name [String]$listName="A1" ## $formUrl is a string which contains the URL("Lists/List_Name/NewForm.aspx") of the list form [String]$formUrl="Lists/A1/NewForm.aspx" ## Web Service Reference - http://Site/_vti_bin/Forms.asmx $formsWebServiceReference = New-WebServiceProxy -Uri $uri -UseDefaultCredential [System.Xml.XmlNode]$xmlNode=$formsWebServiceReference.GetForm($listName,$formUrl) ## Creates an GetListForm.xml file in the D:\ which contains the schema of the list form $output = New-Object -TypeName System.IO.StreamWriter -ArgumentList "D:\GetListForm.xml", $false $output.WriteLine("<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""utf-8"" ?>") $output.WriteLine($xmlNode.OuterXml) $output.WriteLine() $output.Dispose()

Output : GetListForm.xml