Get document workspace site data using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell

In this blog you will see how to get document workspace site data which includes the information about the document workspace site and the lits it contains 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 document workspace site data using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell $uri="http://serverName:10736/sites/ECT2/DWS/_vti_bin/DWS.asmx?wsdl" [String]$document="Shared Documents/UserInfo.xml" [String]$lastUpdate="" ## Web Service Reference - http://Site/_vti_bin/DWS.asmx $dwsWebServiceReference = New-WebServiceProxy -Uri $uri -UseDefaultCredential [String]$getDwsData=$dwsWebServiceReference.GetDwsData($document,$lastUpdate) ## Creates an GetDwsData.xml file in the D:\ which contains theinformation about DWS and the list it contains $output = New-Object -TypeName System.IO.StreamWriter -ArgumentList "D:\GetDwsData.xml", $false $output.WriteLine("<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""utf-8"" ?>") $output.WriteLine($getDwsData) $output.WriteLine() $output.Dispose()

Output: GetDwsData.xml

The ouput contains the following information