Bulk Upload Images to Sitecore using PowerShell

Today I am going to share a PowerShell script that you can use to upload images in bulk to Sitecore using Sitecore PowerShell.

Steps to follow

Step 1: Firstly create a folder SitecoreImages in your Sitecore local instance. For me the path of Sitecore local instance is C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Sitecore100Learningsc.dev.local.

Note: In place of C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Sitecoredevsc.dev.local use your Sitecore instance path.

Step 2: Now, create a CSV file that contains the name that is to be used for the image and a link for the image. Follow the structure shown in the image below for the CSV file.

Step 3: Now, follow the below PowerShell script and make changes according to the comments mentioned in the script.

function New-MediaItem {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        [Parameter(Position = 0, Mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipeline = $true)]
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [string]$filePath,
        [Parameter(Position = 1, Mandatory = $true)]
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [string]$mediaPath
    )
    $mco = New-Object Sitecore.Resources.Media.MediaCreatorOptions
    $mco.Database = [Sitecore.Configuration.Factory]::GetDatabase("master");
    $mco.Language = [Sitecore.Globalization.Language]::Parse("en");
    $mco.Versioned = [Sitecore.Configuration.Settings+Media]::UploadAsVersionableByDefault;
    $mco.Destination = "$($mediaPath)/$([System.IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($filePath))";
    $mc = New-Object Sitecore.Resources.Media.MediaCreator
    $mc.CreateFromFile($filepath, $mco);
}

# Reading CSV file

## Location of your CSV file
$CsvList = Import-CSV "D:\MediaImages.csv"
foreach ($row in  $CsvList) {
    $MediaUrl = $row.MediaItemUrl
    $MediaName = $row.MediaItemName + ".jpg"
    ## Created folder in Sitecore local instacnce (SitecoreImages)
    $Loc = "$AppPath\SitecoreImages\$MediaName"
    $wc = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
    $response = $wc.DownloadFile($MediaUrl, $Loc);
    $images = Get-ChildItem "$AppPath\Myimages\*.jpg" -Recurse
    foreach ($image in $images) {
        $imageName = $image.Name
        $MediaImagePath = "$AppPath\Myimages\$imageName"
        Write-Host $MediaImagePath

        # Check if the image already exists in the Media Library.

        if (Test-Path $MediaImagePath.TrimEnd(".$FileExtension")) {
            Write-Host "Image $imageName already exists... skipping the Image"
        }

        # If doesn't exists, upload the image

        else {
            Write-Host "Uploading Image $imageName ..."
            New-MediaItem $MediaImagePath "$([Sitecore.Constants]::MediaLibraryPath)/Feature/MyImage"
            Write-Host "Uploading Image in Medialibrary $imageName ... Success."
            Write-Host "Removing file $imageName"
            Remove-Item $image
        }
    }
}