Check-in a page using pnp without updating the modified by field

Question

Hi,

Can I check in a page without updating the modified by field using pnp?

Thanks

Answer 1

Hi anonymous user,

I tried to use Set-PnPFileCheckedIn to check in a page, however it seemed that pages were not supported to use this cmdlet.

So we have to use CSOM PowerShell instead to check in a page firstly and then we can use PnP to set Modified By field. Please refer to my PowerShell Command.

Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\16\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll"  
Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\16\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.dll"  
     
#Parameters  
$SiteURL= "https://xxx.sharepoint.com/sites/xxx"  
$LibraryName="Site Pages"  
$ItemID="8"  
$ModifiedBy="******@xxx.onmicrosoft.com"  
  
#Setup Credentials to connect  
$Cred = Get-Credential  
$Cred = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredentials($Cred.UserName,$Cred.Password)  
  
#Setup the context  
$Ctx = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($SiteURL)  
$Ctx.Credentials = $Cred  
  
#Get the web, List, Item and File   
$Web=$Ctx.Web  
$List=$web.Lists.GetByTitle($LibraryName)  
$Item=$list.GetItemById($ItemID)  
$File=$Item.File  
  
#Get the File to context  
$Ctx.Load($File)  
$Ctx.ExecuteQuery()  
           
#check if the file is checked out  
If($File.CheckOutType -eq "None")  
{  
    write-host "Document is not checked out Already!" -f Red  
}  
else  
{  
    #Check in the file: sharepoint online force check in powershell  
    $File.CheckIn("Checked-in from PowerShell",[Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.CheckinType]::MajorCheckIn)  
    $Ctx.ExecuteQuery()  
       
    write-host "Document has been checked-in successfully!" -f Green  
}  
  
Connect-PnPOnline -Url $SiteURL -UseWebLogin  
  
Set-PnPListItem -List $LibraryName -Identity $ItemID -Values @{"Editor"= $ModifiedBy}  

Note: Please remember to replace the parameters with your own. Assign the ID of the page in the library to $ItemID and assign the user account that you want the modifieldby field to remain unchanged to $ModifiedBy.

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