Upload A Document To A SharePoint 2013 Library Using Client Side Object Model

 Introduction

In this article, we explored how to upload a document from a physical location to the SharePoint Document library using the client-side object model. This can be achieved using server-side or SharePoint Web Services.

Scenario

Many times there is a requirement to upload a document from a physical path to the document library. We will explore it using the Client Side Object model.

Before



Solution

1. static void Main(string[] args)   
2. {  
3.   
4.     try   
5.     {  
6.         // Starting with ClientContext, the constructor requires a URL to the server running SharePoint.   
7.         using(ClientContext client = newClientContext("http://servername146/sites/test/"))  
8.         {  
9.             //client.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;  
10.   
11.             // Assume that the web site has a library named "FormLibrary".   
12.             var formLib = client.Web.Lists.GetByTitle("Documents");  
13.             client.Load(formLib.RootFolder);  
14.             client.ExecuteQuery();  
15.   
16.             // FormTemplate path, The path should be on the local machine/server !  
17.             string fileName = @ "C:\File.txt";  
18.   
19.             var fileUrl = "";  
20.   
21.             //Craete FormTemplate and save in the library.  
22.             using(var fs = newFileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open))  
23.             {  
24.                 var fi = newFileInfo("test.txt"); //file Title  
25.                 fileUrl = String.Format("{0}/{1}", formLib.RootFolder.ServerRelativeUrl, fi.Name);  
26.                 Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.File.SaveBinaryDirect(client, fileUrl, fs, true);  
27.                 client.ExecuteQuery();  
28.             }  
29.   
30.             // Get library columns collection.  
31.             var libFields = formLib.Fields;  
32.             client.Load(libFields);  
33.             client.ExecuteQuery();  
34.   
35.             Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.File newFile = client.Web.GetFileByServerRelativeUrl(fileUrl);  
36.   
37.             ListItem item = newFile.ListItemAllFields;  
38.   
39.             item["Title"] = "test";  
40.             item.Update();  
41.             client.ExecuteQuery();  
42.         }  
43.   
44.     } catch (Exception ex)  
45.     {  
46.   
47.     }  
48.   
49. }  

Final Output



Summary: The physical document is uploaded to the SharePoint document library.