How to create a site content type using CSOM in SharePoint 2013

Namespaces:

using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client;

Assemblies:

Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll;
Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.RunTime.dll;

Code Snippet:

using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Threading.Tasks; using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client; namespace CSOMSamples { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { //// String Variable to store the siteURL string siteURL = "http://c4968397007/"; //// Get the context for the SharePoint Site to access the data ClientContext clientContext = new ClientContext(siteURL); //// Get the content type collection for the website ContentTypeCollection contentTypeColl = clientContext.Web.ContentTypes; //// Specifies properties that are used as parameters to initialize a new content type. ContentTypeCreationInformation contentTypeCreation = new ContentTypeCreationInformation(); contentTypeCreation.Name = "Custom"; contentTypeCreation.Description = "Custom Content Type created using CSOM"; contentTypeCreation.Group = "Vijai Content Types"; //// Add the new content type to the collection ContentType ct = contentTypeColl.Add(contentTypeCreation); clientContext.Load(ct); clientContext.ExecuteQuery(); //// Display that the content type is created. Console.WriteLine(ct.Name + " content type is created successfully"); Console.ReadLine(); } } }