Creating List in SharePoint 2010 using Client Object Model (C#)

Step 1: Create New Project. (Minimum .NET Framework 3.5)

Step 2: Add “Microsoft.SharePoint.Client” and “Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime” namespaces.

Step 3: Write the following code.

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

// SharePoint namespace

using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client;

namespace ListCreation

{

    class Program

    {

        static void Main(string[] args)

        {

            string siteUrl = "http://sharepointserver.com/";

            ClientContext clientContext = new ClientContext(siteUrl);

            clientContext.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("admin", "password", "sharepointserver.com");

            Web site = clientContext.Web;

            //Creating List

            ListCreationInformation listCreationInformation = new ListCreationInformation();

            listCreationInformation.Title = "Students";

            listCreationInformation.TemplateType = (int)ListTemplateType.GenericList;

            List list = site.Lists.Add(listCreationInformation);

            //Creating Columns

            Field firstNameField = list.Fields.AddFieldAsXml(

                @"<Field Type='Text'

                         DisplayName='First Name' />", true, AddFieldOptions.DefaultValue);

            Field lastNameField = list.Fields.AddFieldAsXml(

                @"<Field Type='Text'

                         DisplayName='Last Name' />", true, AddFieldOptions.DefaultValue);

            Field ageField = list.Fields.AddFieldAsXml(

                @"<Field Type='Number'

                         DisplayName='Age' />", true, AddFieldOptions.DefaultValue);

            clientContext.ExecuteQuery();

            Console.WriteLine("List Created Successfully");

            Console.ReadLine();

        }

    }

}