Create content type

The following example shows you how to create a new content type on a SharePoint site.

C# example

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Independentsoft.Graph;
using Independentsoft.Graph.Sites;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static async Task Main(string[] args)
        {
            try
            {
                GraphClient client = new GraphClient();

                client.ClientId = "63333333-209e-454e-b7bd-55a4d201270f";
                client.Tenant = "independentsoft.onmicrosoft.com";
                client.ClientSecret = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";

                ContentType contentType = new ContentType();
                contentType.Name = "My Content Type";
                contentType.Description = "A custom content type";
                contentType.Group = "Custom Content Types";

                ContentType newContentType = await client.CreateContentType(contentType, "site-id-123");

                Console.WriteLine("Id = " + newContentType.Id);
                Console.WriteLine("Name = " + newContentType.Name);

                Console.Read();
            }
            catch (GraphException ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Code);
                Console.WriteLine("Message: " + ex.Message);
                Console.Read();
            }
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports Independentsoft.Graph
Imports Independentsoft.Graph.Sites

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

            Dim task = New Task(AddressOf Run)

            task.Start()
            Console.Read()

        End Sub

        Shared Async Sub Run()
            Try

                Dim client As GraphClient = New GraphClient()

                client.ClientId = "63333333-209e-454e-b7bd-55a4d201270f"
                client.Tenant = "independentsoft.onmicrosoft.com"
                client.ClientSecret = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

                Dim contentType As ContentType = New ContentType()
                contentType.Name = "My Content Type"
                contentType.Description = "A custom content type"
                contentType.Group = "Custom Content Types"

                Dim newContentType As ContentType = Await client.CreateContentType(contentType, "site-id-123")

                Console.WriteLine("Id = " & newContentType.Id)
                Console.WriteLine("Name = " & newContentType.Name)

            Catch ex As GraphException
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Code)
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message)
                Console.Read()
            End Try
        End Sub

    End Class
End Namespace

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