SharePoint List Web service allow developers to access, manipulate List and List items through a service url.
Generally List web service url format is : http://site/_vti_bin/lists.asmx
Now lest start consuming this service and manage SharePoint List.
Open this url:
http://spsite:1985/_vti_bin/lists.asmx
Open Visual Studio 2010.
Right click on project and add service reference.
Click on Add web reference…
Enter service url and click
on arrow ->
Give a name to the web reference name , click on Add Reference.
I gave SPSiteRef
Now write this in a console application:
SPSiteRef.ListsobjList = new Lists();
Lists listReference = newLists();
listReference.Url = “http://spsite:1985/_vti_bin/lists.asmx”;
listReference.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
//To Add a List
listReference.AddList(“MyListtest”, “This is a list created by service”, 100);
//To Delete a list
listReference.DeleteList(“MyListtest“);
Few more Methods are:
UpdateList, UpdateListItems, GetListItems ….
