How To Create A Column In SharePoint 2013 Programmatically

Welcome to a blog on how to create a column in a SharePoint 2013 list programmatically, using a Console Application. We will use Visual Studio to create a column in the list.

Let’s see, how to do it.

• Open your Visual Studio.
• Select New Project.
  
   

• Select Console Application.
• Add the references Microsoft.SharePoint dll and Microsoft.SharePoint.Client dll.
• Paste the code, given below, under Program.cs.

Code 

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client;
namespace CreateColumns {
    class Program {
        static void Main(string[] args) {
            ClientContext clientcontext = new ClientContext("Add your site here");
            Web web = clientcontext.Web;
            List list = web.Lists.GetByTitle("My List");
            string columnxml = "<Field DisplayName='MyCustomColumn' Type='Text' />";
            list.Fields.AddFieldAsXml(columnxml, true, AddFieldOptions.DefaultValue);
            clientcontext.ExecuteQuery();
            Console.WriteLine("Column Created");
            Console.ReadKey();
        }
    }
}

Run the code and your custom column will be created.