Different ways to add item into a SharePoint 2013 List

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This SharePoint tutorial, we will discuss different ways to add an item to a SharePoint list. We will learn here:

  • How to add an item to SharePoint List (Out of box)
  • How to add item in SharePoint list using SharePoint server object model
  • Add Item Programmatically to SharePoint List using CSOM (Client object model C#):
  • How to add an item to list using SharePoint Web Services and jQuery
  • How to add item in SharePoint list using Rest API
  • How to add new item to SharePoint list using Powershell

Add item to SharePoint List (Out of box)

We can add item to a SharePoint list by using the out of box approach. Open SharePoint 2013 site containing the list for which you want to add an item.

Select Settings > Site contents, and then in the appropriate list section, select the name of the list.

Select the Items tab, and then in the New group select New Item.
Select Save.

add item to sharepoint list
add item to sharepoint list

Add item in SharePoint list using SharePoint server object model

Here now we will see how we can add an item to the SharePoint list using the SharePoint server object model.

//Step to Add new list item programmatically to SharePoint List using C#

using (SPSite site = new SPSite(SPContext.Current.Site.Url))
{
Using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())
{
SPList list = web.Lists["DemoList"];
SPListItem item = list.Items.Add();
item["Title"] = "using C# :Add new list item programmatically";
item.Update();
}
}

Add Item Programmatically to SharePoint List using CSOM (Client object model C#):

Here we will discuss how we can add an item to a list programmatically using client object model code (C#.Net).

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

namespace CreateListItem
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string siteUrl = "http://servername:2525/";
ClientContext clientContext = new ClientContext(siteUrl);
List oList = clientContext.Web.Lists.GetByTitle("DemoList");
ListItemCreationInformation listCreationInformation = new ListItemCreationInformation();
ListItem oListItem = oList.AddItem(listCreationInformation);
oListItem["Title"] = "Add item in SharePoint List using CSOM";
oListItem.Update();
clientContext.ExecuteQuery();
}
}
}

Add item to list using SharePoint Web Services and jQuery

Now we can see how we can add an item to a SharePoint list using SharePoint web service (List.asmx). The jQuery Ajax function is used to POST the data to the Lists.asmx web service.

<script type="text/javascript">
//The status parameter is a string which can be for example success or error. Finally in the ready event of the document, we'll hook up the click event of the button so the CreateNewItem function is called, with the value of the textbox as the parameter.
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#newTaskButton").click(function() {
CreateNewItem("Add Item in List with jQuery and the SharePoint Web Services");
});
});

function CreateNewItem(title)
var batch =
"<Batch OnError=\"Continue\"> \
<Method ID=\"1\" Cmd=\"New\"> \
<Field Name=\"Title\">" + title + "</Field> \
</Method> \
</Batch>";
var soapEnv =
"<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?> \
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" \
xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\" \
xmlns:soap=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\"> \
<soap:Body> \
<UpdateListItems xmlns=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/\"> \
<listName>DemoList</listName> \
<updates> \
" + batch + "</updates> \
</UpdateListItems> \
</soap:Body> \
</soap:Envelope>";
$.ajax({
url: _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl+"/_vti_bin/lists.asmx",
beforeSend: function(xhr) {
xhr.setRequestHeader("SOAPAction",
"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/UpdateListItems");
},
type: "POST",
dataType: "xml",
data: soapEnv,
complete: processResult,
contentType: "text/xml; charset=utf-8"
});
}
//The jQuery ajax function call has a complete option which points to a function, in this function you can process the result as follows:
function processResult(xData, status) {
alert(status);
}
</script>

Add item in SharePoint list using Rest API

Now we will see how we can add items in the SharePoint list using Rest API and jQuery. So we need to first reference to latest jquery.min.js

<script type="text/javascript">
function _createListItem( listItems, success, failure) {
$.ajax({
url: _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl+ "/_api/web/lists/getbytitle('DemoList')/items",
type: "POST",
contentType: "application/json;odata=verbose",
data: JSON.stringify(listItems),
headers: {
"Accept": "application/json;odata=verbose",
"X-RequestDigest": $("#__REQUESTDIGEST").val()
},
success: function (data) {
success(data);
},
error: function (data) {
failure(data);
}
});
}
$(document).ready(function() {
var item = {
"__metadata": { "type": itemType },
"Title": "Add Item in List using REST API"
}
_createListItem(item);
});
</script>

Add new item to SharePoint list using Powershell

Now we will see how to add an item to the SharePoint list using PowerShell in SharePoint.

#Add SharePoint PowerShell Snapin which adds SharePoint specific cmdlets

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -EA SilentlyContinue
#Variables that we are going to use for list editing
$webURL = "http://yoursiteName"
$listName = "Demo List"
#Get the SPWeb object and save it to a variable
$web = Get-SPWeb $webURL
#Get the SPList object to retrieve the "Demo List"
$list = $web.Lists[$listName] #Create a new item
$newItem = $list.Items.Add()
#Add properties to this list item
$newItem["Title"] = "Add item in sharepoint List Using SharePoint PowerShell"
#Update the object so it gets saved to the list
$newItem.Update()

Final Result All the Ways Added Items:

sharepoint 2013 add list item powershell
sharepoint 2013 add list item powershell

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This SharePoint tutorial, we learned different ways to add an item SharePoint list.

  • How to add item to SharePoint List (Out of box)
  • How to add item in SharePoint list using SharePoint server object model
  • Add Item Programmatically to SharePoint List using CSOM (Client object model C#):
  • How to add item to list using SharePoint Web Services and jQuery
  • How to add item in SharePoint list using Rest API
  • How to add new item to SharePoint list using Powershell
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