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Utility PowerShell function that facilitates the loading of specific properties of a Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientObject object or Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientObjectCollection object.
<#
.Synopsis
Facilitates the loading of specific properties of a Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientObject object or Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientObjectCollection object.
.DESCRIPTION
Replicates what you would do with a lambda expression in C#.
For example, "ctx.Load(list, l => list.Title, l => list.Id)" becomes
"Load-CSOMProperties -object $list -propertyNames @('Title', 'Id')".
.EXAMPLE
Load-CSOMProperties -parentObject $web -collectionObject $web.Fields -propertyNames @("InternalName", "Id") -parentPropertyName "Fields" -executeQuery
$web.Fields | select InternalName, Id
.EXAMPLE
Load-CSOMProperties -object $web -propertyNames @("Title", "Url", "AllProperties") -executeQuery
$web | select Title, Url, AllProperties
#>
function global:Load-CSOMProperties {
[CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName='ClientObject')]
param (
# The Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientObject to populate.
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipeline = $true, Position = 0, ParameterSetName = "ClientObject")]
[Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientObject]
$object,
# The Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientObject that contains the collection object.
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipeline = $true, Position = 0, ParameterSetName = "ClientObjectCollection")]
[Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientObject]
$parentObject,
# The Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientObjectCollection to populate.
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipeline = $true, Position = 1, ParameterSetName = "ClientObjectCollection")]
[Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientObjectCollection]
$collectionObject,
# The object properties to populate
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 1, ParameterSetName = "ClientObject")]
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 2, ParameterSetName = "ClientObjectCollection")]
[string[]]
$propertyNames,
# The parent object's property name corresponding to the collection object to retrieve (this is required to build the correct lamda expression).
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 3, ParameterSetName = "ClientObjectCollection")]
[string]
$parentPropertyName,
# If specified, execute the ClientContext.ExecuteQuery() method.
[Parameter(Mandatory = $false, Position = 4)]
[switch]
$executeQuery
)
begin { }
process {
if ($PsCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq "ClientObject") {
$type = $object.GetType()
} else {
$type = $collectionObject.GetType()
if ($collectionObject -is [Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientObjectCollection]) {
$type = $collectionObject.GetType().BaseType.GenericTypeArguments[0]
}
}
$exprType = [System.Linq.Expressions.Expression]
$parameterExprType = [System.Linq.Expressions.ParameterExpression].MakeArrayType()
$lambdaMethod = $exprType.GetMethods() | ? { $_.Name -eq "Lambda" -and $_.IsGenericMethod -and $_.GetParameters().Length -eq 2 -and $_.GetParameters()[1].ParameterType -eq $parameterExprType }
$lambdaMethodGeneric = Invoke-Expression "`$lambdaMethod.MakeGenericMethod([System.Func``2[$($type.FullName),System.Object]])"
$expressions = @()
foreach ($propertyName in $propertyNames) {
$param1 = [System.Linq.Expressions.Expression]::Parameter($type, "p")
try {
$name1 = [System.Linq.Expressions.Expression]::Property($param1, $propertyName)
} catch {
Write-Error "Instance property '$propertyName' is not defined for type $type"
return
}
$body1 = [System.Linq.Expressions.Expression]::Convert($name1, [System.Object])
$expression1 = $lambdaMethodGeneric.Invoke($null, [System.Object[]] @($body1, [System.Linq.Expressions.ParameterExpression[]] @($param1)))
if ($collectionObject -ne $null) {
$expression1 = [System.Linq.Expressions.Expression]::Quote($expression1)
}
$expressions += @($expression1)
}
if ($PsCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq "ClientObject") {
$object.Context.Load($object, $expressions)
if ($executeQuery) { $object.Context.ExecuteQuery() }
} else {
$newArrayInitParam1 = Invoke-Expression "[System.Linq.Expressions.Expression``1[System.Func````2[$($type.FullName),System.Object]]]"
$newArrayInit = [System.Linq.Expressions.Expression]::NewArrayInit($newArrayInitParam1, $expressions)
$collectionParam = [System.Linq.Expressions.Expression]::Parameter($parentObject.GetType(), "cp")
$collectionProperty = [System.Linq.Expressions.Expression]::Property($collectionParam, $parentPropertyName)
$expressionArray = @($collectionProperty, $newArrayInit)
$includeMethod = [Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientObjectQueryableExtension].GetMethod("Include")
$includeMethodGeneric = Invoke-Expression "`$includeMethod.MakeGenericMethod([$($type.FullName)])"
$lambdaMethodGeneric2 = Invoke-Expression "`$lambdaMethod.MakeGenericMethod([System.Func``2[$($parentObject.GetType().FullName),System.Object]])"
$callMethod = [System.Linq.Expressions.Expression]::Call($null, $includeMethodGeneric, $expressionArray)
$expression2 = $lambdaMethodGeneric2.Invoke($null, @($callMethod, [System.Linq.Expressions.ParameterExpression[]] @($collectionParam)))
$parentObject.Context.Load($parentObject, $expression2)
if ($executeQuery) { $parentObject.Context.ExecuteQuery() }
}
}
end { }
}
@koder101
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koder101 commented Jan 16, 2018

Hi Gary,

I am facing one issue in case of using the nested lambda expressions.
I have posted my query at SO.

If you could look into it, I would be grateful to you.

Regards,
Koder101

@sp00kyDD
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sp00kyDD commented Jan 4, 2019

Hi Gary,

same problem here. How to use it in this case?

$ctx.Load($list)
$ctx.Load($list.RootFolder)
$ctx.Load($list.RootFolder.Folders)
#clientContext.Load(collFolder, folders => folders.OrderByDescending(folder => folder.Name));
$ctx.Load($list.RootFolder.Folders, $items => $items.OrderByDescending($item => $item.Name)); # this will not work
#$ctx.Load($list.RootFolder.Files)
$ctx.ExecuteQuery()

@simoniscasesensitive
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simoniscasesensitive commented Jan 7, 2020

I've been loving using this for my SharePoint CSOM auditing scripts but having recently had to switch authentication to MFA-compatible $authmanager, I'm finding that load-csomproperties now fails.

Used to be:
$SPOcredentials = Get-Credential #-username $username -Message "Please enter the password for $Username to use SPO Cmdlets"
$CSOMCredentials = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredentials($SPOcredentials.Username, $SPOcredentials.Password)
$WebCTX = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($WebURL)

And now it's
Connect-PnPOnline -useweblogin -url $weburl
$authManager = new-object OfficeDevPnP.Core.AuthenticationManager
$WebCtx = $authManager.GetWebLoginClientContext($WebURL)

And now a half dozen Load-csomproperty calls like:
$WebCTX.Load($List) $Webctx.ExecuteQuery() Load-CSOMProperties -object $List -propertyNames @('Title','BaseType') -executequery

which still work fine on non-MFA Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredentials'd Ctxs still works, but on AuthenticationManager auth'd connections I get this:

Load-CSOMProperties : Cannot process argument transformation on parameter 'object'. Cannot convert the
"Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.List" value of type "Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.List" to type
"Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientObject".
At line:1 char:29

  • Load-CSOMProperties -object $List -propertyNames @('Title','BaseType' ...
  •                         ~~~~~
    
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Load-CSOMProperties], ParameterBindingArgumentTransformationException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentTransformationError,Load-CSOMProperties

It's worth mentioning that it's not the only thing that breaks, I can't do CAML queries either.

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