Sitecore PowerShell Script - Create redirects map

 If you worked with Sitecore SXA you probably already know that its comes with out of the box redirect feature, You can use the mapping tool to set up a 301/302 or server transfer redirect from the original URL to the updated URL, this is useful when you're re-designing your website or if you're creating a new page for an existing URL, this redirect tool provide a way to group redirects in a redirect map, through a Name Value List field, in this post I will show you how you can import you're redirect items into Sitecore in a very easy way.

Before we start I would like to provide a useful link to Sitecore documentation for Mapping URL redirect, click here to get all the useful information, if you have a sitecore sxa website already, if you checked this sitecore path: /sitecore/content/Tenant/Site/Settings/Redirects, you will find the redirects feature, under this item you can start adding your folders and redirect maps, each redirect map you create will have these field: 

• RedirectType, where you can chose your redirect type, 301, 302...etc. 
• PreserveQueryString: if you want query string to be passed from old URL to the new URL. 
• UrlMapping:  a name/value list field that map old URL to the new URL 
• IncludeVirtualFolder;  lets you decide whether to include the virtual folder name at the beginning of your target URL.

Now if you're re-designing your website, you may have a list of redirects that you would like to create, here I'm providing you with a Sitecore PowerShell script that can be used easily to import these from an Excel file you upload to Sitecore media library and imported into a redirect map: 

Hope this will help someone out there!! please do reach out through comments or Email if you have any comments. questions or need consultation.