Getting Column Names (List) from 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 namespaces

using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client;

namespace GettingFields

{

    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 Column Names

            FieldCollection fieldCollection = list.Fields;

            clientContext.Load(fieldCollection);

            clientContext.ExecuteQuery();

            //Printing Column Names

            foreach (Field field in fieldCollection)

            {

                Console.WriteLine("Name: " + field.InternalName.ToString());

            }

            Console.ReadLine();

        }

    }

}