Create list

The following example shows you how to create a new list in a site.

C# example

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

namespace ConsoleApp1
{
    class Program
    {
        static async Task Main()
        {
            try
            {
                GraphClient client = new GraphClient();

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

                List list = new List();
                list.DisplayName = "Books";

                ColumnDefinition column1 = new ColumnDefinition();
                column1.Name = "Author";
                column1.Column = new TextColumn();

                ColumnDefinition column2 = new ColumnDefinition();
                column2.Name = "PageCount";
                column2.Column = new NumberColumn();

                list.Columns.Add(column1);
                list.Columns.Add(column2);

                List createdList = await client.CreateList(list, "independentsoft.sharepoint.com,3333333-c666-4b40-c38");

                Console.WriteLine("Id: " + createdList.Id);
                Console.WriteLine("CreatedTime: " + createdList.CreatedTime);

                if(createdList.CreatedBy != null)
                {
                    if (createdList.CreatedBy.User != null)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("CreatedBy User: " + createdList.CreatedBy.User);
                    }

                    if (createdList.CreatedBy.Application != null)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("CreatedBy Application: " + createdList.CreatedBy.Application);
                    }

                    if (createdList.CreatedBy.Device != null)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("CreatedBy Device: " + createdList.CreatedBy.Device);
                    }
                }

                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)

            ' Start and wait for task to end.
            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 list As List = New List
                list.DisplayName = "Books"

                Dim column1 As ColumnDefinition = New ColumnDefinition
                column1.Name = "Author"
                column1.Column = New TextColumn

                Dim column2 As ColumnDefinition = New ColumnDefinition
                column2.Name = "PageCount"
                column2.Column = New NumberColumn

                list.Columns.Add(column1)
                list.Columns.Add(column2)

                Dim createdList As List = Await client.CreateList(list, "independentsoft.sharepoint.com,3333333-c666-4b40-c38")

                Console.WriteLine("Id: " & createdList.Id)
                Console.WriteLine("CreatedTime: " & createdList.CreatedTime)

                If createdList.CreatedBy IsNot Nothing Then

                    If createdList.CreatedBy.User IsNot Nothing Then
                        Console.WriteLine("CreatedBy User: " & createdList.CreatedBy.User.ToString())
                    End If

                    If createdList.CreatedBy.Application IsNot Nothing Then
                        Console.WriteLine("CreatedBy Application: " & createdList.CreatedBy.Application.ToString())
                    End If

                    If createdList.CreatedBy.Device IsNot Nothing Then
                        Console.WriteLine("CreatedBy Device: " & createdList.CreatedBy.Device.ToString())
                    End If

                End If

                Console.Read()

            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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