How to get all the groups for the termstore

In this blog you will see how to get all the groups for the termstoreSharepoint 2013 .Net Client Side Object Model.

Steps

1. Open Visual Studio in your system.
2. Select Console Applciation template and give as name.
3. Add a Microsoft.Cleint Assembly refrence file in right side refrence tab in visual studio.
4. Replace Program.cs with the source code.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Taxonomy;
namespace CSOMCodeSamples
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // ClientContext - Get the context for the SharePoint Site

            ClientContext clientContext = new ClientContext("http://servername/sites/CSOM/");
            // Get the TaxonomySession
            TaxonomySession taxonomySession = TaxonomySession.GetTaxonomySession(clientContext);
            // Get the term store by name
            TermStore termStore = taxonomySession.TermStores.GetByName("GVR");
            // Get all the groups for the term store
            clientContext.Load(termStore.Groups,
            termGroups = > termGroups.Include(termGroup = > termGroup.Name));
            // Execute the query to the server
            clientContext.ExecuteQuery();
            // Loop through all the termgroup for the termstore
            foreach(TermGroup group in termStore.Groups)
            {
                // Display the group name
                Console.WriteLine(group.Name);
            }
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

Hit F5 and check the output.

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