PnPWebPartToWebPartPage error: File not found

Question

I am trying to install a SPFx Web Part in a Classic SharePoint Online Page using PnP.

First I connect to the tenant

Connect-PnPOnline –Url https://company.sharepoint.com/ –Credentials (Get-Credential)

Then I run this command

Add-PnPWebPartToWebPartPage -ServerRelativePageUrl "/sites/Company/Pages/CompanyPage.aspx" -Xml "C:\QLWebPart.xml" -ZoneId "Custom Zone" -ZoneIndex 0 

and I get this error:

Add-PnPWebPartToWebPartPage : File Not Found. At line:1 char:1 + Add-PnPWebPartToWebPartPage -ServerRelativePageUrl "/sites/Company ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : WriteError: (:) [Add-PnPWebPartToWebPartPage], ServerException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : EXCEPTION,SharePointPnP.PowerShell.Commands.WebParts.AddWebPartToWebPartPage

Which makes no sense because the file exists. I've tried renaming to .xml as well but nothing

What can be wrong?

Answer 1

The module documentation provides two clear examples for adding a web part to a web part page in a specified zone. You can use the -Path option that defines a path to a web part file on the file system:

Add-PnPWebPartToWebPartPage -ServerRelativePageUrl "/sites/demo/sitepages/home.aspx" -Path "c:\myfiles\listview.webpart" -ZoneId "Header" -ZoneIndex 1

or -XML option that defines a string containing the XML for the web part:

Add-PnPWebPartToWebPartPage -ServerRelativePageUrl "/sites/demo/sitepages/home.aspx" -XML $webpart -ZoneId "Header" -ZoneIndex 1

You can find more details here.