Upload multiple files from multiple folders to SharePoint online using Powershell - powershell

Question

Fairly new to both SharePoint online and Powershell and thought this would be a pretty simple task, but I'm reaching out for help.
I have a client who has photos stored in multiple folders in a file share and they want to move this to SharePoint. They want to use the folder name of where the file exits as metadata to make searching easier.
This is the script I am using and not having much luck.
$connection = Connect-PnPOnline https://somecompany.sharepoint.com -Credentials $me -ReturnConnection
$files = Get-ChildItem "F:\some data" -Recurse
foreach ($file in $files)
{Add-PnPFile -Path $file.FullName -Folder Photos -Values #{"Title" = $file.Name;} -Connection $connection}
Issue I am having, is that this does not recurse the folders and comes back with " Local file not found"
If I can get that working, I can move onto getting the current folder name as a variable into metadata.
I'm pretty sure that this will be a simple task for experts, but alas that I am not.Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Jassen

Answer 1

This seems to work for me, so will answer this. Happy for comments if there is an easier way or cleaner and also if anyone knows how to go 1 more layer deeper.
$connection = Connect-PnPOnline https://somecompany.sharepoint.com -Credentials $me -ReturnConnection
$LocalFolders = get-childitem -path "c:\test" | where-object {$_.Psiscontainer} | select-object FullName
foreach ($folder in $localfolders) {
$files = get-childitem -Path $folder.FullName -Recurse
foreach ($file in $files) {
$value1 = $file.Directory.Name
Add-PnPFile -Path $file.FullName -Folder Photos -Values #{"Title" = $file.Name;"SubCat" = $value1;} -Connection $connection
}
}

Answer 2

You could try below script, you need install pnp powershell.
function UploadDocuments(){
Param(
[ValidateScript({If(Test-Path $_){$true}else{Throw "Invalid path given: $_"}})]
$LocalFolderLocation,
[String]
$siteUrl,
[String]
$documentLibraryName
)
Process{
$path = $LocalFolderLocation.TrimEnd('\')
Write-Host "Provided Site :"$siteUrl -ForegroundColor Green
Write-Host "Provided Path :"$path -ForegroundColor Green
Write-Host "Provided Document Library name :"$documentLibraryName -ForegroundColor Green
try{
$credentials = Get-Credential
Connect-PnPOnline -Url $siteUrl -CreateDrive -Credentials $credentials
$file = Get-ChildItem -Path $LocalFolderLocation -Recurse
$i = 0;
Write-Host "Uploading documents to Site.." -ForegroundColor Cyan
(dir $path -Recurse) | %{
try{
$i++
if($_.GetType().Name -eq "FileInfo"){
$SPFolderName = $documentLibraryName + $_.DirectoryName.Substring($path.Length);
$status = "Uploading Files :'" + $_.Name + "' to Location :" + $SPFolderName
Write-Progress -activity "Uploading Documents.." -status $status -PercentComplete (($i / $file.length) * 100)
$te = Add-PnPFile -Path $_.FullName -Folder $SPFolderName
}
}
catch{
}
}
}
catch{
Write-Host $_.Exception.Message -ForegroundColor Red
}
}
}
UploadDocuments -LocalFolderLocation C:\Lee\Share -siteUrl https://tenant.sharepoint.com/sites/Developer -documentLibraryName MyDOc4