Office 365 and PnP-PowerShell 2013 : ContentType

In this content type section is most important section. You can use these methods to create, delete and update the existing content type. So the cmdlets are piety straight. The following are the command lets that we are going to use in this section. You can check the github documentation and example as well. 

With the help of these cmdlets I will create the Utility same as we did for in before blog post. 

1. Add‑PnPContentType
2. Get‑PnPContentType
3. Remove‑PnPContentType
4. Remove‑PnPContentTypeFromList
5. Get‑PnPContentTypePublishingHubUrl
6. Add‑PnPContentTypeToList
7. Set‑PnPDefaultContentTypeToList
8. Remove‑PnPFieldFromContentType
9. Add‑PnPFieldToContentType

     

Lets start the end of my goal is the build some kind of meaning utility that you can quickly use in your project and get some benefit. 

Same create the multiple content type and attach columns to content type. For configure the content type, I am using the same CSV approach to read every properties from the file and built the content type.

	ContentTypeID	ContentTypeName	ContentTypeDescription	ContentTypeGroup	ParentContentType	SiteColumns	HideColumns
	E4AA64A88E735043B17388E3FD765050	MyContentType	This is my content type	MyGroup	Item	SiteColumn1^TRUE|SiteColumn2^FALSE|SiteColumn3^FALSE||SiteColumn4^FALSE	SiteColumn3|SiteColumn4

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	#Dev Import
	Import-Module 'C:\Users\basantp\Documents\PNP Blog Section\Code\SharePointPnPPowerShell2013\SharePointPnP.PowerShell.2013.Commands.dll';
	function Create-ContentType ($csvPath , $siteUrl) {
	#get and save your O365 credentials
	#connect to the root site collection first
	Connect-PnPOnline –Url $siteUrl -CurrentCredentials
	$message = "Connected to site : $siteUrl"
	Write-Host $message
	Write-Host $message -ForegroundColor Green
	$MyFile = Import-Csv $csvPath
	# Looping the csv file collection
	foreach ($myRow in $MyFile) {
	$ContentTypeName = $myRow.ContentTypeName
	$ParentContentType = $myRow.ParentContentType
	$Description = $myRow.ContentTypeDescription
	$Group = $myRow.ContentTypeGroup
	$ContentTypeID = $myRow.ContentTypeID
	$Required = $false
	$pageCT = Get-PnPContentType -Identity $ParentContentType
	$ctypeParentID = $pageCT.Id.StringValue.ToString()
	$sep = "00"
	$ct = [System.Convert]::ToString("$ctypeParentID$sep$ContentTypeID");
	$ctype = Get-PnPContentType -Identity $ContentTypeName
	if (!$ctype) {
	try {
	$ctype = Add-PnPContentType -Name $ContentTypeName -Description $Description -Group $Group -ContentTypeId $ct
	$message = "Content type : $ContentTypeName created !!"
	Write-Host $message
	Write-Host $message -ForegroundColor green
	}
	catch {
	$message = "Unable to Create Content type : $ContentTypeName !!"
	Write-Host $message
	Write-Host $message -ForegroundColor Red
	Write-Host "$($_.Exception.Message)"
	}
	#Read the columns form the CSV with "|" separated, example: "SiteColumn1^TRUE|SiteColumn2^FALSE"
	if ($myRow.SiteColumns -ne "") {
	foreach ($colName in $myRow.SiteColumns.split("|")) {
	try {
	$fieldInternalName = ""
	if ($colName.indexOf("^") -ge 0) {
	$fieldInternalName = $colName.split("^")[0]
	}
	else {
	$fieldInternalName = $colName
	}
	if ($colName.indexOf("^") -ge 0) {
	$Required = [System.Convert]::ToBoolean($colName.split("^")[1])
	}
	try {
	$lnkCol = Add-PnPFieldToContentType -Field $fieldInternalName -ContentType $ContentTypeName -Required:$Required -ErrorAction Stop
	$message = "Add field $fieldInternalName to content type : $ContentTypeName "
	Write-Host $message
	Write-Host $message -ForegroundColor green
	}
	catch {
	$message = "Unable add the field $fieldInternalName to content type : $ContentTypeName "
	Write-Host $message
	Write-Host $message -ForegroundColor Red
	Write-Host "$($_.Exception.Message)"
	}
	}
	catch {
	write-host "Column $colName not found."
	}
	}
	}
	#Read the hidden columns form the CSV with "|" separated, example: "SiteColumn1|SiteColumn2"
	if ($myRow.HiddenColumns -ne $null -and $myRow.HiddenColumns -ne "") {
	$ctype = Get-PnPContentType -Identity $ContentTypeName
	Get-PnPProperty -ClientObject $ctype -Property FieldLinks
	foreach ($hiddenCol in $myRow.HiddenColumns.split("|")) {
	$FieldCT = $null;
	foreach ($Field in $ctype.FieldLinks) {
	"Field Name: $($Field.Name) and Hidden Column name: $hiddenCol"
	if ($Field.Name -eq $hiddenCol) {
	$FieldCT = $Field;
	break;
	}
	}
	if ($FieldCT -ne $null) {
	$FieldCT.set_Hidden($true);
	$FieldCT.set_Required($false)
	}
	}
	try {
	$ctype.Update($true);
	Execute-PnPQuery
	$message = "Make Hidden $($myRow.HiddenColumns) , from content type $ContentTypeName"
	Write-Host $message
	Write-Host $message -ForegroundColor green
	}
	Catch {
	$message = "Unable Make Hidden $($myRow.HiddenColumns) , from content type $ContentTypeName"
	Write-Host $message
	Write-Host $message -ForegroundColor red
	Write-Host "$($_.Exception.Message)"
	}
	}
	}
	}
	}
	$siteUrl = "http://myintranet.com/sites"
	$path = 'C:\Users\basantp\Documents\PNP Blog Section\Code\ContentType'
	$inputFile = $path + "\CreateContentType.csv"
	Create-ContentType $inputFile $siteUrl

view raw CreateContentType.ps1 hosted with ❤ by GitHub

Remove Content Type or Site Columns from ContentType
Remove content type and remove particular columns in the content type. It is very easy, If you required to delete multiple of columns you can create one utility to delete the columns form the csv as well.

1. Remove‑PnPFieldFromContentType
2. Remove‑PnPContentType

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	ContentTypeName
	MyContentType
	MyContentType2
	MyContentType3
	MyContentType4
	MyContentType5

view raw RemoveContentType.csv hosted with ❤ by GitHub

	#Dev Import
	Import-Module 'C:\Users\basantp\Documents\PNP Blog Section\Code\SharePointPnPPowerShell2013\SharePointPnP.PowerShell.2013.Commands.dll';
	function Create-ContentType ($csvPath , $siteUrl) {
	#connect to the root site collection first
	Connect-PnPOnline –Url $siteUrl -CurrentCredentials
	$message = "Connected to site : $siteUrl"
	Write-Host $message
	Write-Host $message -ForegroundColor Green
	$MyFile = Import-Csv $csvPath
	# Looping the csv file collection
	foreach ($myRow in $MyFile) {
	$ContentTypeName = $myRow.ContentTypeName
	$ctype = Get-PnPContentType -Identity $ContentTypeName
	if (!$ctype) {
	try {
	Remove-PnPContentType -Identity $ContentTypeName -Force
	$message = "Content type : $ContentTypeName Deleted !!"
	Write-Host $message
	Write-Host $message -ForegroundColor green
	}
	catch {
	$message = "Unable to delete Content type : $ContentTypeName !!"
	Write-Host $message
	Write-Host $message -ForegroundColor Red
	Write-Host "$($_.Exception.Message)"
	}
	}
	else {
	$message = "Content type : $ContentTypeName !!, not found"
	Write-Host $message
	Write-Host $message -ForegroundColor Red
	}
	}
	}
	$siteUrl = "http://myintranet.com/sites"
	$path = 'C:\Users\basantp\Documents\PNP Blog Section\Code\ContentType'
	$inputFile = $path + "\RemoveContentType.csv"
	Remove-ContentType $inputFile $siteUrl

view raw RemoveContentType.ps1 hosted with ❤ by GitHub

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