Authenticate from PowerShell and create a folder

Question

I want a script that authenticates and then create a folder.

I am not performing the upload from my local machine. It is happening from a continuous integration server so it needs to authenticate.

I see this question about PowerShell folder creation but how to authenticate? automatically create subfolder and save the file in sharepoint using powershell

Answer 1

For SPO

$ctx = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($siteUrl)
$ctx.Credentials = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredentials($loginname, $pwd)

For SP-OnPrem

$ctx = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($siteUrl)
$ctx.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($loginname, $pwd)

Make Sure you refer to the Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll and Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.dll before using above code.

Also passing the user name and password in plain file is not recommended but i had this sample as of now so posted. You can utilize powershell Get-Credential function to get the credentials at runtime.