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 physical location to SharePoint Document library using 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 document library. We will explore it using Client Side Object model.

Before



Solution

static void Main(string[] args)
{

    try
    {
        // Starting with ClientContext, the constructor requires a URL to the server running SharePoint.
        using(ClientContext client = newClientContext("http://servername146/sites/test/"))
        {
            //client.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;

            // Assume that the web site has a library named "FormLibrary".
            var formLib = client.Web.Lists.GetByTitle("Documents");
            client.Load(formLib.RootFolder);
            client.ExecuteQuery();

            // FormTemplate path, The path should be on the local machine/server !
            string fileName = @ "C:\File.txt";

            var fileUrl = "";

            //Craete FormTemplate and save in the library.
            using(var fs = newFileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open))
            {
                var fi = newFileInfo("test.txt"); //file Title
                fileUrl = String.Format("{0}/{1}", formLib.RootFolder.ServerRelativeUrl, fi.Name);
                Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.File.SaveBinaryDirect(client, fileUrl, fs, true);
                client.ExecuteQuery();
            }

            // Get library columns collection.
            var libFields = formLib.Fields;
            client.Load(libFields);
            client.ExecuteQuery();

            Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.File newFile = client.Web.GetFileByServerRelativeUrl(fileUrl);

            ListItem item = newFile.ListItemAllFields;

            item["Title"] = "test";
            item.Update();
            client.ExecuteQuery();
        }

    } catch (Exception ex)
    {

    }

}

Final Output



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