Content Type Operations In SharePoint 2016 Using PnP Core Component Library

PnP (Practices and Patterns) is a community driven open source project where Microsoft and community members have created an implementation pattern for Office 365 and SharePoint on-premises. One of the branches of the PnP development is in PnP Core CSOM Library.

PnP Core library provides CSOM extension methods for SharePoint 2016 add-in model development. The official documentation can be accessed from here. PnP Core library increases the productivity of developers by abstracting complex operations. In this article, we will see how to set up PnP Core library remotely and work with SharePoint 2016, using a console application.

In order to work with PnP Core library, we first have to install the NuGet Package Manager, which is explained in this article. Once the PnP Core library is added, we can kick off the implementation, using a console application.

Project structure

Create a console application and add the below references,

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Client;
• OfficeDevPnP.Core;

Scope of the article will be to perform the below operations, using PnP Core CSOM Library.

• Create Content Type with PnP Core Library
• Associate Content Type to the list
• Set default Content Type for the list
• Remove Content Type from the list

Create Content Type

Let’s see how to create the Content Type with PnP extension method.

• Create the instance of the Authentication Manager which will be used to create the client context.
  
  1. //Get instance of Authentication Manager
  2. OfficeDevPnP.Core.AuthenticationManager authenticationManager = new OfficeDevPnP.Core.AuthenticationManager();
  3. //Create authentication array for site url,User Name,Password and Domain
  4. string[] authArray = { "http://sharepoint2016/sites/HOL", "Priyaranjan","password-1","SharePointHOL" };
• Create Client Context by passing the authentication details to the authenticationManager object.
  
  1. var clientContext = authenticationManager.GetNetworkCredentialAuthenticatedContext(authArray[0], authArray[1],authArray[2], authArray[3])
• Create the Content Type. The parameters are,
  
  
• Content Type Name
• Content Type ID
• Content Type Group Name
  
  1. clientContext.Web.CreateContentType("Employee CT", "0x0100A33D9AD9805788419BDAAC2CCB37509F", "Custom CT");

Output

The new Content Type has been created.



It will be listed in the Site Content Types collection.



Full Code

The full code to create the Content Type is shown below.

• Create instance of the authenticationManager which will be used to create the Client Context.
  
  1. //Get instance of Authentication Manager
  2. OfficeDevPnP.Core.AuthenticationManager authenticationManager = new OfficeDevPnP.Core.AuthenticationManager();
  3. //Create authentication array for site url,User Name,Password and Domain
  4. string[] authArray = { "http://sharepoint2016/sites/HOL", "Priyaranjan","password-1","SharePointHOL" };
• Create Client Context by passing the authentication details to the authenticationManager object.
  
  1. var clientContext = authenticationManager.GetNetworkCredentialAuthenticatedContext(authArray[0], authArray[1],authArray[2], authArray[3])
• Associate the new Content Type to List.
  
  1. clientContext.Web.AddContentTypeToListById("CT List", "0x0100A33D9AD9805788419BDAAC2CCB37509F",true,true);

Output

The Content Type has now been associated with the list.



Checking the list settings will show the newly associated Content Type.



Full Code

The full code for associating the Content Type to the list is, as shown below.