
Add/Check Fields To/On SharePoint Online Content Types Using PnP Core CSOM Library
Introduction
In this article, you will learn about the basic field operations that can be performed on SharePoint Online content types, using PnP Core CSOM library. The following operations are explained.
Add Field to Content Type
Check if the field exists on Content Type
The main advantage of using PnP Core libraries is the reduced code to get the required information. The required object can be retrieved with a very small piece of code, once the client context is set.
Note
The field is known as columns in the SharePoint list.
Prerequisite
PnP Core CSOM documentation can be found on the official website here.
PnP Core CSOM library packages can be downloaded from here.
The code, given below, is being tested using Visual Studio console application. Once the console application is created, the packages can be installed using "Install-Package SharePointPnPCoreOnline" command on Package Manager console of Visual Studio. Once installed, the references and packages will be imported to the solution.
The references used in the sample are given below.
Microsoft.SharePoint.Client
OfficeDevPnP.Core
Connect to SharePoint online site
The Authentication Manager is used to retrieve the client context of the site. To connect to SharePoint Online site, the following method is used.
GetSharePointOnlineAuthenticatedContextToken
The parameters required are.
SharePoint Online site URL
Tenant UserId
Tenant Password (or secured string)
Note
The SharePoint fields can be viewed from site columns page. (