Steps
  • Open Visual Studio in your system
  • Select Console Applciation template and give as name .
  • Add a Microsoft.Cleint Assembly refrence file in right side refrence tab in visual studio.
  • Replace Program.cs with the source code
  1. using System;
  2. using System.Collections.Generic;
  3. using System.Linq;
  4. using System.Text;
  5. using System.Threading.Tasks;
  6. using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client;
  7. using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Social;
  9. namespace EmbedDocumentInPost
  10. {
  11. class Program
  12. {
  13. static void Main(string[] args)
  14. {
  15. // Replace the following placeholder values with the actual values.
  16. const string serverUrl = "http://gauti.sharepoint.com/sp";
  17. const string documentUrl = "http://gauti.sharepoint.com//Shared%20Documents/fileName.docx";
  19. try
  20. {
  22. // Get the context and the SocialFeedManager instance.
  23. ClientContext clientContext = new ClientContext(serverUrl);
  24. SocialFeedManager feedManager = new SocialFeedManager(clientContext);
  26. // Get the document attachment from the server.
  27. ClientResult<SocialAttachment> attachment = feedManager.GetPreview(documentUrl);
  28. clientContext.ExecuteQuery();
  30. // Define properties for the post and add the attachment.
  31. SocialPostCreationData postCreationData = new SocialPostCreationData();
  32. postCreationData.ContentText = "Post with a document.";
  33. postCreationData.Attachment = attachment.Value;
  35. // Publish the post. This is a root post to the user's feed, so specify
  36. // null for the targetId parameter.
  37. feedManager.CreatePost(null, postCreationData);
  38. clientContext.ExecuteQuery();
  39. Console.Write("The post was published.");
  40. Console.ReadLine();
  41. }
  42. catch (Exception ex)
  43. {
  44. Console.Write("Error publishing the post: " + ex.Message);
  45. Console.ReadLine();
  46. }
  47. }
  48. }
  49. }