PnP Core Component - Check If Field Exists in Site By Name in SharePoint 2016

In this blog you will see how to check if field exists in site by name in SharePoint 2016.

Please refer to the Introduction to PnP Core Component and OfficeDevPnP.Core 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 = "xxxxxxxx";
            string domain = "AD2012";
            string fieldName = "PnP Text";

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

            try
            {
                // Get the client context
                using (var ctx = authMgr.GetNetworkCredentialAuthenticatedContext(siteUrl, userName, password, domain))
                {
                    // Check if field exists by Name using CSOM Extension Method
                    if (ctx.Web.FieldExistsByName(fieldName))
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine(fieldName + " exists in the site");
                        Console.ReadLine();
                    }
                }
            }

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