Getting Items from 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 ReadingListItems

{

    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;

            //Getting List

            List list = site.Lists.GetByTitle("Students");

            clientContext.Load(list);

            clientContext.ExecuteQuery();

            //Getting List Items

            CamlQuery camlQuery = new CamlQuery();

            camlQuery.ViewXml = "<View/>";

            ListItemCollection listItemCollection = list.GetItems(camlQuery);

            clientContext.Load(listItemCollection);

            clientContext.ExecuteQuery();

            //Printing List Items

            foreach (ListItem listItem in listItemCollection)

            {

                Console.WriteLine("Title: {0}, First Name: {1}, Last Name: {2}, Age: {3}", listItem["Title"], listItem["First Name"], listItem["Last Name"], listItem["Age"]);

            }

            Console.ReadLine();

        }

    }

}