Should all natural URL links configured in Quick Links return using Get-PnPPageComponent be exposed through properties?

[jamesdellowwv]

At the moment, the properties in Quick links web parts returned from pages using Get-PnPPageComponent only include GUIDs for internal links. Other links are missing entirely. Not sure if this is a bug or just a quirk of this web part?

E.g. the natural links are all found within serverProcessedContent but the properties only include internal links, as GUIDs.

{
    "id": "e1a2b3c4-d5e6-7f89-0a1b-2c3d4e5f6a7b",
    "instanceId": "f8e7d6c5-b4a3-2f10-9e8d-7c6b5a4d3e2f",
    "title": "Random links",
    "description": "Random links",
    "audiences": [],
    "serverProcessedContent": {
        "htmlStrings": {},
        "searchablePlainTexts": {
            "title": "Random Links",
            "items[0].title": "Random Title 1",
            "items[1].title": "Random Title 2",
            "items[2].title": "Random Title 3",
            "items[3].title": "Random Title 4",
            "items[4].title": "Random Title 5"
        },
        "imageSources": {},
        "links": {
            "baseUrl": "https://example.sharepoint.com/sites/RandomSite",
            "items[0].sourceItem.url": "/sites/RandomSite/SitePages/RandomPage-A.aspx",
            "items[1].sourceItem.url": "https://github.com/",
            "items[2].sourceItem.url": "https://www.microsoft.com",
            "items[3].sourceItem.url": "https://techcommunity.microsoft.com",
            "items[4].sourceItem.url": "https://example-my.sharepoint.com/personal/random_user_example_com/Documents/Random_Video.mp4"
        },
        "componentDependencies": {
            "layoutComponentId": "12345678-90ab-cdef-1234-567890abcdef"
        }
    },
    "dataVersion": "2.4",
    "properties": {
        "items": [
            {
                "id": 1,
                "thumbnailType": 2,
                "sourceItem": {
                    "guids": {
                        "siteId": "abcdef12-3456-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
                        "webId": "12345678-90ab-cdef-1234-567890abcdef",
                        "listId": "{12345678-90AB-CDEF-1234-567890ABCDEF}",
                        "uniqueId": "abcdef12-3456-7890-abcd-ef1234567890"
                    },
                    "itemType": 0,
                    "fileExtension": ".ASPX",
                    "progId": null
                },
                "description": "",
                "altText": "",
                "rawPreviewImageMinCanvasWidth": 32767
            },
            {
                "id": 2,
                "thumbnailType": 2,
                "sourceItem": {
                    "fileExtension": "",
                    "progId": "",
                    "itemType": 2
                },
                "description": "",
                "altText": "",
                "rawPreviewImageMinCanvasWidth": 32767
            },
            {
                "id": 3,
                "thumbnailType": 2,
                "sourceItem": {
                    "fileExtension": "",
                    "progId": "",
                    "itemType": 2
                },
                "description": "",
                "altText": "",
                "rawPreviewImageMinCanvasWidth": 32767
            },
            {
                "id": 4,
                "thumbnailType": 2,
                "sourceItem": {
                    "fileExtension": "",
                    "progId": "",
                    "itemType": 2
                },
                "description": "",
                "altText": "",
                "rawPreviewImageMinCanvasWidth": 32767
            },
            {
                "id": 5,
                "thumbnailType": 2,
                "sourceItem": {
                    "guids": {
                        "siteId": "fedcba98-7654-3210-fedc-ba9876543210",
                        "webId": "09876543-21fe-dcba-0987-654321fedcba",
                        "listId": "{FEDCBA98-7654-3210-FEDC-BA9876543210}",
                        "uniqueId": "fedcba98-7654-3210-fedc-ba9876543210"
                    },
                    "itemType": 0,
                    "fileExtension": ".MP4",
                    "progId": null
                },
                "description": "",
                "altText": "",
                "rawPreviewImageMinCanvasWidth": 32767
            }
        ],
        "isMigrated": true,
        "layoutId": "CompactCard",
        "shouldShowThumbnail": true,
        "isTitleEnabled": true,
        "hideWebPartWhenEmpty": true,
        "imageWidth": 100,
        "buttonLayoutOptions": {
            "showDescription": false,
            "buttonTreatment": 2,
            "iconPositionType": 2,
            "textAlignmentVertical": 2,
            "textAlignmentHorizontal": 2,
            "linesOfText": 2
        },
        "listLayoutOptions": {
            "showDescription": false,
            "showIcon": true
        },
        "waffleLayoutOptions": {
            "iconSize": 1,
            "onlyShowThumbnail": false
        },
        "dataProviderId": "QuickLinks",
        "webId": "12345678-90ab-cdef-1234-567890abcdef",
        "siteId": "abcdef12-3456-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
        "pane_link_button": 0
    },
    "containsDynamicDataSource": false
}

[jamesdellowwv]

Answering my own question 🙂

No, they don't / shouldn't - it's the same for other web parts.