Exporting SPList

Question

I'm iterating SPWebs and SPLists. When those lists fulfil specific requirements, I would like to export the lists in code, and later import them to another SharePoint environment (using code).

How should this be accomplished?

Answer 1

Sounds like you want something along the lines of the Content Deployment Wizard by our very own Chris O'Brien:

http://www.sharepointnutsandbolts.com/2007/12/introducing-sharepoint-content.html

Available for download here: http://spdeploymentwizard.codeplex.com/

Answer 2

I can recommend using Gary Lapointe's custom STSADM commands. You can call the stsadm commands from a console application using Process.

I needed to keep the list's people fields intact which is why I chose gl-exportlist.

Another reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1378553/sharepoint-copy-a-list-to-a-different-web

Answer 3

Most likely, you will need to use SPImport and SPExport classes. Here is an article, which explains, how to work with them:

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/sharepoint/SPCopy.aspx