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You can get a site template in SharePoint Online by going to site settings and clicking save as template (it will be stored in the solution gallery).

I have seen articles on how to create custom web templates, but is there a way to generate them for a web that already exists?

Forgive me if this is a silly question. I am still reading up on web templates.

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  • Users create web templates on the Save as Template page (or through code that uses the SaveAsTemplate method of the Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb class). Source. Let me know if it helps you.
    – Ganesh Sanap - MVP
    Commented Jul 8, 2020 at 4:32
  • Unfortunately, the SaveAsTemplate method is not available in SharePoint Online.
    – spDevAdmin
    Commented Jul 8, 2020 at 4:40
  • Yes. In SharePoint Online, you can use Get-PnPProvisioningTemplate using PnP PowerShell.
    – Ganesh Sanap - MVP
    Commented Jul 8, 2020 at 4:45

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A web template is persisted in the SharePoint database as a Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Solution, which is a file that has a .wsp extension. The .wsp file is stored in the Solutions Gallery of the site collection. The solution can also be deployed as a sandboxed solution.

Users create web templates on the Save as Template page (or through code that uses the SaveAsTemplate method of the Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb class).

Source: Web Templates

Issue: Unfortunately, the SaveAsTemplate method is not available in SharePoint Online.

Solution:

In SharePoint Online, you can use Get-PnPProvisioningTemplate using PnP PowerShell to generate a provisioning site template from a web.

References:

  1. Get-PnPProvisioningTemplate
  2. Introducing the PnP provisioning engine
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