Connect-PnPOnline -Connection parameter???

[My-atix]

Hi All,

I have a question with regards to the below code... I want add information from a newly created site to a "List" in another site collection.

After debugging the following code I can see that the -connection parameter is not working as I would expect it too and I am not sure why???

   $webUrl = "https://yc0wh.sharepoint.com/sites/Test2023"
   $templateSiteUrl = "https://yc0wh.sharepoint.com/sites/SPOSiteProvisioning"
   $siteDirList = "Site Directory"
    
   $webConnect = Connect-PnPOnline -Url $webUrl -Interactive
   $tplSiteConnect = Connect-PnPOnline -Url $templateSiteUrl -Interactive


   try {
    write-host -f Cyan "Logging Site information in Site Directory for" $webUrl
    $SPWeb = Get-PnPWeb -Connection $webConnect
    write-output $SPWeb
    $list = Get-PnPList -identity $siteDirList -Connection $tplSiteConnect -ThrowExceptionIfListNotFound -ErrorAction Stop
    write-output $list
    if ($webUrl -ne $null) {
      $item = @{}
      $item = @{
          "Title" = $SPWeb.Title;
          "URL" = $SPWeb.URL;
          "SiteDescription" = $SPWeb.Description
      }
      Add-PnPListItem -List $list -Values $item -Connection $tplSiteConnect
  }
   }
   catch {
    Write-Host "ERROR CREATING ITEM"
    Get-Error
   }

I have set to variables to use when I connect to the various sites but for some reason the above code always uses the last site I connected to initially.

EG:

If I connect to 2 sites it always connects to the last site despite my using the relevant variables with the -Connection parameter???

The Above code is always connected to:

 $tplSiteConnect = Connect-PnPOnline -Url $templateSiteUrl -Interactive

Despite me calling the $webConnect variable using -connection $webConnect

What am I doing wrong?

[#2]

@My-atix 

"Connect-PnPOnline" does not return a connection object.
Use "Get-PnPConnection" to get the current connection and store it as a variable

Connect-PnPOnline -Url $webUrl -Interactive
$webConnect = Get-PnPConnection
Connect-PnPOnline -Url $templateSiteUrl -Interactive
$tplSiteConnect = Get-PnPConnection

Get-PnPWeb -Connection $webConnect
Get-PnPWeb -Connection $tplSiteConnect

Best Regards,
Sven

[#3 · Accepted solution]

@My-atix The Connect-PnPOnline cmdlet has a -ReturnConnection parameter which will return the connection object you are looking for.

Change line 5 in your sample above to 

$webConnect = Connect-PnPOnline -Url $webUrl -Interactive -ReturnConnection

Good luck!

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