PnP Core Component - Check If List Exists in SharePoint 2016

In this blog you will see how to check if list exists in SharePoint 2016 with CSOM Extension Method using Console Application.

Please refer to Introduction to PnP Core Component for more details. I have created a console application and added SharePointPnPCoreOnline NuGet package for the SharePoint 2016 version.

 

Code Snippet 

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client;
using OfficeDevPnP.Core;

namespace SP2016PnPCoreComponentDemo
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Input Parameters
            string siteUrl = "http://c7395723754:35298/sites/VijaiDemo";
            string userName = "administrator";
            string password = "Xxxxxxxxx";
            string domain = "AD2012";
            string listName = "PnP Custom List";

            OfficeDevPnP.Core.AuthenticationManager authMgr = new OfficeDevPnP.Core.AuthenticationManager();

            try
            {
                // Get the client context
                using (var ctx = authMgr.GetNetworkCredentialAuthenticatedContext(siteUrl, userName, password, domain))
                {
                    // Check if list exists using CSOM Extension Method
                    if (ctx.Web.ListExists(listName))
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine(listName + " exists");
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine(listName + " does not exists.");
                    }
                }
            }

            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Error Message: " + ex.Message);
            }
        }
    }
}