powershell to add attachments to an item

Question

I can attach a document to an Item using the code below.  But, how can I reference a document stored in a SharePoint Library?

Like this:

AddAttachment $item "c:\test.docx"

AddAttachment $item "http://sharepointed.com/docs/test.docx"

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$web = Get-SPWeb "http://sharepointed.com/"

$list = $web.GetList("http://sharepointed.com/Lists/Taco/")

$item = $list.GetItemById(2)

AddAttachment $item "c:\test.docx"

function AddAttachment($item, $filePath)

{

  $bytes = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes($filePath)

  $item.Attachments.Add([System.IO.Path]::GetFileName($filePath), $bytes)

  $item.Update()

}

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Answer 1

See if it helps

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointdevelopment/thread/4ef53940-6a79-4760-acaa-6641f3fda626

Answer 2

nope, they are using the same code that i have.

 

I can get the file using:

$file = $web.GetFile($filePath)

The .Add function wants the file input to be in bytes.

  $item.Attachments.Add($filepath, $file)

 

Error:

Cannot convert argument "1", with value: "docs/test.docx", for "Add" to type "System.Byte[]": "Cannot convert the "docs/test.docx" value of

 type "Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFile" to type "System.Byte[]"."

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Answer 3

got it!

 

$file = $web.GetFile($filePath).OpenBinary()

$item.Attachments.Add($filepath, $file)

http://www.sharepointed.com/2011/12/07/powershell-add-attachment-to-item/

 

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