Create a directory at SharePoint without the Microsoft.SharePoint assembly from C#

Question

Is it possible to create a directory in SharePoint from c# code without using the Microsoft.SharePoint assembly? I would like to create some folders and upload after that few files to them. I think the upload is not the problem. The program should run on a Non-SharePoint machine, so I cannot use the assembly. Any ideas? Greetz.

Edit Or is it possible to add the metadata to the folder, if I create them about the WebDAV of SharePoint?

Answer 1

Yes there are a variety of ways. I would recommend using SharePoint's web services and calling the UpdateListItems method. You'd build XML like:

<Method ID="1" Cmd="New">
   <Field Name="ID">New</Field>
   <Field Name="FSObjType">1</Field>
   <Field Name="BaseName">Name</Field>
</Method>

Then, using the C# example at the bottom you can call the webservice.

There are other ways to create folders by using webdav which may be worth investigating.

Answer 2

An easy way, but not always possible, is to use the webdav features of SP.

You can navigate with windows explorer using :

\\your.web.application\DavWWWRoot\sites\yoursite\yourlib