Update a list in the Sharepoint 2013 using CSOM

In this blog you will see how to update a list in the SharePoint 2013 .Net Client Side Object Model.

Steps

• Open Visual Studio in your system
• Select Console Applciation template and give as name "updateList"
• Add a Microsoft.Cleint Assembly refrence file in right side refrence tab in visual studio.
• Replace Program.cs with the source code

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client;
namespace updatelist
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // ClientContext - Get the context for the SharePoint Site


            ClientContext clientContext = new ClientContext("http://gauti.sharepoint.com/sites/sp/");
            // Get the SharePoint web
            Web web = clientContext.Web;
            // Get the SharePoint list by title
            List list = web.Lists.GetByTitle("updatedname");
            // Update the description for the custom list
            list.Description = "update the list  using VS2012 & CSOM";
            // Update the list
            list.Update();
            // Retrieve the list properties
            clientContext.Load(list);
            // Execute the query to the server.
            clientContext.ExecuteQuery();
            // Display the list title and description
            Console.WriteLine("List Title: " + list.Title + "; Description: " + list.Description);
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

Hit F5 and see the magix happend in SharePoint 2013. Hope you have enjoyed this.!!! :-)