How to create Document Set using CSOM in SharePoint 2013

A Document Set is a group of related documents that can be created in one step and then managed as a single entity. Please refer http://office.microsoft.com/en-in/sharepoint-server-help/introduction-to-document-sets-HA101782466.aspx?CTT=5&origin=HA101782461 to understand more about Document Set. Here you will see how to create Document Set using CSOM in SharePoint 2013

Namespaces:

using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.DocumentSet;

Assemblies:

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

Code Snippet:

using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Threading.Tasks; using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client; using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.DocumentSet; namespace CSOMSamples { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { //// String Variable to store the siteURL string siteURL = "http://c4968397007/"; //// String Variable to store the document set name string dsName = "Vijai Documents"; //// Get the context for the SharePoint Site to access the data ClientContext clientContext = new ClientContext(siteURL); //// Get the document library in which the document set has to be created List list = clientContext.Web.Lists.GetByTitle("Documents"); //// Get the parent folder where the document set has to be created Folder parentFolder = list.RootFolder; //// Get the "Document Set" content type by id (Document Set content type Id : 0x0120D520) for the document library ContentType ct = clientContext.Web.ContentTypes.GetById("0x0120D520"); clientContext.Load(ct); clientContext.ExecuteQuery(); //// Create a new document set //// A new document set will be created in "Documents" library as "Vijai Documents" under which you can add the documents DocumentSet.Create(clientContext, parentFolder, dsName, ct.Id); clientContext.ExecuteQuery(); } } }