Programmatically create folder in SharePoint List

In this article we will be seeing how to create folder in SharePoint list using SharePoint Object Model.

Steps Involved:

Open Visual Studio 2010.
Go to File => New => Project.
Select Console Application template from the installed templates.
Enter the Name and click on Ok.
Add the following reference.

a. Microsoft.SharePoint.dll

Add the following Namespace.

a. Using Microsoft.SharePoint;

Replace Program.cs with the following code.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;

namespace ConsoleApplication2
{
class Program
     {
static void Main(string[] args)
         {
using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://serverName:25374/sites/Team/"))
             {
using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())
                 {
SPList list = web.Lists.TryGetList("Custom");
SPListItem folderColl =
list.Items.Add(list.RootFolder.ServerRelativeUrl,SPFileSystemObjectType.Folder);
                     folderColl["Title"] ="New Folder";
                     folderColl.Update();
                     list.Update();
                 }
             }
         }
     }
}

Build the solution.
Hit F5.
Go to the SharePoint list and you could be able to see the new folder that we have created.