In this blog, you will see whether the list item is a file or a list folder in SharePoint Online, using CSOM. Please refer to my previous article Connect To SharePoint 2013 Online Using CSOM With Console Application.

Code Snippet

  1. using System;
  2. using System.Collections.Generic;
  3. using System.Linq;
  4. using System.Net;
  5. using System.Security;
  6. using System.Text;
  7. using System.Threading.Tasks;
  8. using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client;
  10. namespace CheckListItem
  11. {
  12. class Program
  13. {
  14. static void Main(string[] args)
  15. {
  16. string userName = "[email protected]";
  17. string siteURL = "https://c986.sharepoint.com/sites/Vijai";
  18. Console.WriteLine("Enter your password.");
  19. SecureString password = GetPassword();
  21. // ClienContext - Get the context for the SharePoint Online Site
  22. using (var clientContext = new ClientContext(siteURL))
  23. {
  24. // SharePoint Online Credentials
  25. clientContext.Credentials = new SharePointOnlineCredentials(userName, password);
  27. // Get the SharePoint web
  28. Web web = clientContext.Web;
  30. // Get the list by name
  31. List list = web.Lists.GetByTitle("Documents");
  33. // Get the list item by ID
  34. ListItem item = list.GetItemById(17);
  36. // Load the site group properties
  37. clientContext.Load(item);
  39. // Execute the query to the server.
  40. clientContext.ExecuteQuery();
  42. // Check whether the list item is a file or a list folder.
  43. if (item.FileSystemObjectType == FileSystemObjectType.File)
  44. {
  45. Console.WriteLine("List item is a file.");
  46. }
  48. Console.ReadLine();
  49. }
  50. }
  52. private static SecureString GetPassword()
  53. {
  54. ConsoleKeyInfo info;
  55. //Get the user's password as a SecureString
  56. SecureString securePassword = new SecureString();
  57. do
  58. {
  59. info = Console.ReadKey(true);
  60. if (info.Key != ConsoleKey.Enter)
  61. {
  62. securePassword.AppendChar(info.KeyChar);
  63. }
  64. }
  65. while (info.Key != ConsoleKey.Enter);
  66. return securePassword;
  67. }
  68. }
  69. }