Create list

The following example shows you how to create a list.

C# example

using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Independentsoft.Share;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            try
            {
                Service service = new Service("https://independentsoft.sharepoint.com", "username", "password");

                List list = new List();
                list.Title = "Test";
                list.BaseTemplate = ListTemplateType.GenericList;
                list.HasContentTypesEnabled = true;
                list.Description = "My list description";

                List createdList = service.CreateList(list);

                Console.WriteLine("Id: " + createdList.Id);
                Console.WriteLine("EntityTypeName: " + createdList.EntityTypeName);
                Console.WriteLine("ListItemEntityTypeFullName: " + createdList.ListItemEntityTypeFullName);

                Console.Read();
            }
            catch (ServiceException ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message);
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.ErrorCode);
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.ErrorString);
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.RequestUrl);
                Console.Read();
            }
            catch (WebException ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message);
                Console.Read();
            }
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports System.Net
Imports Independentsoft.Share

Namespace Sample
    Class Module1
        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())

            Try
                Dim service As New Service("https://independentsoft.sharepoint.com", "username", "password")

                Dim list As New List()
                list.Title = "Test"
                list.BaseTemplate = ListTemplateType.GenericList
                list.HasContentTypesEnabled = True
                list.Description = "My list description"

                Dim createdList As List = service.CreateList(List)

                Console.WriteLine("Id: " + createdList.Id)
                Console.WriteLine("EntityTypeName: " + createdList.EntityTypeName)
                Console.WriteLine("ListItemEntityTypeFullName: " + createdList.ListItemEntityTypeFullName)

                Console.Read()

            Catch ex As ServiceException
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message)
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.ErrorCode)
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.ErrorString)
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.RequestUrl)
                Console.Read()
            Catch ex As WebException
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message)
                Console.Read()
            End Try

        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

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