Introduction

In this article we explored how to upload a document from physical location to SharePoint Document library using client side object model. This can be achieved using server side or SharePoint Web Services.

Scenario

Many times there is a requirement to upload a document from a physical path to document library. We will explore it using Client Side Object model.

Before
before

Solution

  1. static void Main(string[] args)
  2. {
  4. try
  5. {
  6. // Starting with ClientContext, the constructor requires a URL to the server running SharePoint.
  7. using(ClientContext client = newClientContext("http://servername146/sites/test/"))
  8. {
  9. //client.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
  11. // Assume that the web site has a library named "FormLibrary".
  12. var formLib = client.Web.Lists.GetByTitle("Documents");
  13. client.Load(formLib.RootFolder);
  14. client.ExecuteQuery();
  16. // FormTemplate path, The path should be on the local machine/server !
  17. string fileName = @ "C:\File.txt";
  19. var fileUrl = "";
  21. //Craete FormTemplate and save in the library.
  22. using(var fs = newFileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open))
  23. {
  24. var fi = newFileInfo("test.txt"); //file Title
  25. fileUrl = String.Format("{0}/{1}", formLib.RootFolder.ServerRelativeUrl, fi.Name);
  26. Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.File.SaveBinaryDirect(client, fileUrl, fs, true);
  27. client.ExecuteQuery();
  28. }
  30. // Get library columns collection.
  31. var libFields = formLib.Fields;
  32. client.Load(libFields);
  33. client.ExecuteQuery();
  35. Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.File newFile = client.Web.GetFileByServerRelativeUrl(fileUrl);
  37. ListItem item = newFile.ListItemAllFields;
  39. item["Title"] = "test";
  40. item.Update();
  41. client.ExecuteQuery();
  42. }
  44. } catch (Exception ex)
  45. {
  47. }
  49. }
Final Output
output

Summary: The physical document is uploaded to the SharePoint document library.