Fetching lists from SharePoint 2010 site using client object model

Introduction

In this article, i will show how to Fetching lists from SharePoint 2010 site using client object model.

Creating the UI

1.    Add a label
2.    Add a textbox. Give any meaningful name I am leaving default name here.
3.    A button. On click event of the button list names will be fetched.
4.    A listbox control to bind the lists from SharePoint site.

Setting up the environment

Right click on the project .Click on the Application tab and change the Target framework type to .Net Framework 3.5

Add the references of below dll in the project.

Microsoft.SharePont.Client   
Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime

After adding the dll, add below namespace

Now on the click event of btnGetLists write the below code

Code to Retrieve the Lists of SharePoint site

On click event of the button, write the below code

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
 
using SharePointclientObj = Microsoft.SharePoint.Client;
 
namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
 
        private void btnGetLists_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
             listBox1.Items.Clear();
            //Get a context
             using (SharePointclientObj.ClientContext ctx = new SharePointclientObj.ClientContext(textBox1.Text))
             {
                 //Get the site
                 SharePointclientObj.Web site = ctx.Web;
                 ctx.Load(site);
                 //Get Lists
                 ctx.Load(site.Lists);
                 //Query
                 ctx.ExecuteQuery();
                 //Fill List
                 foreach (SharePointclientObj.List list in site.Lists)
                 {
                     listBox1.Items.Add(list.Title);
                 }
 
             }
        }
    }
}

Output 

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