OfficeDev/PnP PowerShell CmdLets - Add custom user action

In my previous post, showed how to add custom user action through PowerShell CSOM. I have re-written the same script in a new school method using the OfficeDev/PnP-PowerShell cmdlets. As a pre-requisite make sure to install the cmdlets through the binaries available in the GitHub repository. For On-Premises install v15 version and v16 version for Office 365. Post installing, use the below snippet in PowerShell window.

	Connect-SPOnline –Url https://yoursite.sharepoint.com –Credentials (Get-Credential)
	$cUIExtn = "<CommandUIExtension><CommandUIDefinitions><CommandUIDefinition Location=""Ribbon.List.Share.Controls._children""><Button Id=""Ribbon.List.Share.GetItemsCountButton"" Alt=""Get list items count"" Sequence=""11"" Command=""Invoke_GetItemsCountButtonRequest"" LabelText=""Get Items Count"" TemplateAlias=""o1"" Image32by32=""_layouts/15/images/placeholder32x32.png"" Image16by16=""_layouts/15/images/placeholder16x16.png"" /></CommandUIDefinition></CommandUIDefinitions><CommandUIHandlers><CommandUIHandler Command=""Invoke_GetItemsCountButtonRequest"" CommandAction=""javascript: alert('Total items in this list: '+ ctx.TotalListItems);"" EnabledScript=""javascript: function checkEnable() { return (true);} checkEnable();""/></CommandUIHandlers></CommandUIExtension>"
	Add-SPOCustomAction -Name 'ff1591d2-8613-4a1c-b465-d647a34b2555-GetItemsCount' -Title 'Invoke GetItemsCount Action' -Description 'Adds custom action to custom list ribbon' -Group 'Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.UserCustomAction.group' -Location 'CommandUI.Ribbon' -CommandUIExtension $cUIExtn

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Happy coding! Peace!!