New-PnPSite - Check if site is allready created?

Question

# CREATE COMMUNICATION SITE
New-PnPSite `
  -Type CommunicationSite `
  -Title $team `
  -Url ("https://hiddenforsecurity.sharepoint.com/sites/" + $team) `
  -SiteDesign 'Blank'

I need to wrap this in a if statement that will check if the site is already created, can anybody point me in the right direction?

TY :)

Also check this. This is using PnP Powershell and let me know if this works for you. — Ganesh Sanap - MVP, Nov 26 '19 at 13:49
Great, glad it worked for you. Please upvote ( ^ ) and accept it as an answer. — Ganesh Sanap - MVP, Nov 26 '19 at 13:56

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 26 '19 at 14:16

4

You can use the Get-PnPTenantSite command to check if a site collection exists or not as below:

$site = ""
Try
{
    Write-Host "Checking, if site already exists..."

    $site = Get-PnPTenantSite -Url "<your-site-url>" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
}
Catch
{    
}

if ($site -ne $null)
{
    Write-Host "Site already exists, use existing..."
}
else
{
    Write-Host "Site doesn't exist, creating new..."
}

answered Nov 26 '19 at 14:16

Gautam Sheth

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Thx! I was trying to use Get-PNPSite and Get-PNPWeb with no luck. – Taco_Buffet Jan 29 '20 at 19:32

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 26 '19 at 13:54

Use something like below:

$site = Get-SPOWeb -Identity "Site" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if ($subsite -eq $null) {
  Write-Host "Site does not exist, create..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
}
else {
  Write-Host "Subsite already exist" -ForegroundColor Green
}

Reference:

SharePoint Online: Site Operation with PnP Powershell.

New-PnPSite - Check if site is allready created?

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