C# code to Create SharePoint list programmatically using visual studio

In this article I’m going to discuss how we can create a SharePoint list programmatically in c# and how we can add columns to the created list. Actually this is very simple task; this is a sample code.

public void createList()

{

    // choose your site

    SPSite site = new SPSite("Site URL");

    SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb();

    SPListCollection lists = web.Lists;

    // create new Generic list called "My List"

    lists.Add("My List", "My list Description", SPListTemplateType.GenericList);

    SPList list = web.Lists["My List"];

    // create Text type new column called "My Column"

    list.Fields.Add("My Column", SPFieldType.Text, true);

    // make new column visible in default view

    SPView view = list.DefaultView;

    view.ViewFields.Add("My Column");

    view.Update();

}

In the above code I have created Generic list and normal Text column. You can use whatever list type and field type according to your requirement