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Create List Column in SharePoint using CSOM

The example in this topic show how to use CSOM to Create List Column in SharePoint

Please follow the steps below to execute the code in Visual Studio using Console Application. You can customize the solution according to your requirements.
Check the article to Connect to SharePoint context using CSOM. This is very helpful if you are doing any programming in CSOM.
Don't forget to use the assemblies as mentioned in the code.

How to run CSOM code in SharePoint?

Open your Visual Studio.
From the template, select Console Application as shown in the screenshot
Select the .Net Framework version from the top drop-down as well. You can also change the .Net Framework after creating the solution.
Enter Project Name, Location and Solution Name and click on OK.

create console application using Visual Studio

Now your program.cs file will open. Copy the code in main function.
Once you are done with your code, just hit F5 or Run the application.

using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client;
using System.Linq;
using (ClientContext clientContext = new ClientContext("http://MyServer/sites/MySiteCollection"))
{
// clientcontext.Web.Lists.GetById - This option also can be used to get the list using List GUID
// This value is NOT List internal name
List targetList = clientcontext.Web.Lists.GetByTitle("List Name");
// It is very important that we don't specify any space in field internal name.
// If you want the method to consider your internal name and NOT the display name, you need to specify "AddFieldOptions.AddFieldInternalNameHint" as an option in below line of code
//// AddFieldOptions ////
// 1. defaultValue - specify that a new field added to the list must also be added to the default content type in the site collection.
// 2. addToDefaultContentType - specify that a new field added to the list must also be added to the default content type in the site collection.
// 3. addToNoContentType - specify that a new field must not be added to any other content type.
// 4. addToAllContentTypes - specify that a new field that is added to the specified list must also be added to all content types in the site collection.
// 5. addFieldInternalNameHint - specify adding an internal field name hint for the purpose of avoiding possible database locking or field renaming operations.
// 6. addFieldToDefaultView - specify that a new field that is added to the specified list must also be added to the default list view.
// 7. addFieldCheckDisplayName - specify to confirm that no other field has the same display name.
Field oField = targetList.Fields.AddFieldAsXml("", true, AddFieldOptions.AddFieldInternalNameHint);
clientcontext.Load(oField);
clientcontext.ExecuteQuery();
}

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