Get all the social comments created by the specific user using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell

In this blog you will see how to get all the social comments created by the specific user 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 all the social comments created by the specific user using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell
$uri="http://serverName:10736/sites/ECT/_vti_bin/SocialDataService.asmx?wsdl"
## $userAccountName is a string that contains the specific account name
$userAccountName="rd\ktzh955"
## $maximumItemsToReturn is used to specify the maximum number of comments to return.
## This value must be null, or nonnegative and less than 1001.
## If null or 0, this method returns up to 1000 social comments
$maximumItemsToReturn=0
## $startIndex is used to specify the zero-based index of the total set of social comments at which the returned set of social comments starts
$startIndex=0
## Web Service Reference - http://Site/_vti_bin/SocialDataService.asmx
$socialDataServiceWebServiceReference = New-WebServiceProxy -Uri $uri -UseDefaultCredential

$SocialCommentDetail=$socialDataServiceWebServiceReference.GetCommentsOfUser($userAccountName,$maximumItemsToReturn,$startIndex)
## $SocialCommentDetail is of Type: [SocialDataService Web service].SocialCommentDetail()
##[SocialDataService Web service].SocialCommentDetail() - Refer http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/websvcsocialdataservice.socialcommentdetail_members.aspx


foreach($comment in $SocialCommentDetail)
{
write-host -ForegroundColor Green "Social Comment : " $comment.Comment
write-host -ForegroundColor Green "-----------------------------------"
## SocialCommentDetail.Comment property is used to get the body of the social comment.
write-host -ForegroundColor Yellow "Comment : " $comment.Comment
## SocialCommentDetail.IsHighPriority property is used to indicate the priority level of the social comment.
write-host -ForegroundColor Yellow "IsHighPriority : " $comment.IsHighPriority
## SocialCommentDetail.Url property is used to get the URL to the social data.
write-host -ForegroundColor Yellow "Url : " $comment.Url
## SocialCommentDetail.Owner property is used to get the user associated with the social data.
write-host -ForegroundColor Yellow "Owner : " $comment.Owner
## SocialCommentDetail.LastModifiedTime property is used to get date and time when the social data was last modified.
write-host -ForegroundColor Yellow "LastModifiedTime : " $comment.LastModifiedTime
## SocialCommentDetail.Title property is used to get the title of the social data.
write-host -ForegroundColor Yellow "Title : " $comment.Title
}

Output: