How To Create A Document Library In SharePoint 2013 Programmatically

Welcome to a blog on how to create a Document Library in SharePoint 2013 programmatically, using a Console Application. We will use Visual Studio to create a Document Library in SharePoint 2013 site.

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.Security;
using System.Net;
using System.Text;
using System.Web;
using System.Data;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client;
namespace ConsoleApplication1 {
    class Program {
        static void Main(string[] args) {
            //get the web
            ClientContext context = new ClientContext("Provide your site url");
            Web web = context.Web;
            //provide the document library information as Title and Description
            ListCreationInformation createLibrary = new ListCreationInformation();
            createLibrary.Title = "My Doc Lib";
            createLibrary.Description = "My Document Library";
            //choose a template as Document Library.
            createLibrary.TemplateType = (int) ListTemplateType.DocumentLibrary;
            //add library to SharePoint
            web.Lists.Add(createLibrary);
            context.ExecuteQuery();
            Console.WriteLine("Document Libarary Created");
            Console.ReadKey();
        }
    }

• Run the code and your Document Library will be created.