How do you create a page using the API for sharepoint 2010?

Question

I have just started using Sharepoint Foundation 2010 and I'm trying to write a function from c# to add pages to a site.

I got some code working to create a new site, but I can't seem to find any documentation about adding a page to an existing site using the client object model.

This is probably a simple question but if anyone can help me out I would appreciated it.

Thanks.

Update

This is what I have so far:

private void createPage()
    {
        ClientContext context = new ClientContext(url);
        Site siteCollection = context.Site;
        Web site = context.Web;

        List pages = site.Lists.GetByTitle("Pages");
        FileCreationInformation fileCreateInfo = new FileCreationInformation();
        fileCreateInfo.Url = "NewPage";
        fileCreateInfo.Content = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("Test");
        context.Load(pages.RootFolder.Files.Add(fileCreateInfo));

        context.ExecuteQuery();
        context.Dispose();
    }

But I get a server exception "List 'Pages' does not exist at site with URL"

Answer 1

This is what I eventually did to add my page. Essentially I just needed to find the appropriate list title. These are just the names of the Document Libraries on the site.

private void createPage()
    {
        ClientContext context = new ClientContext(URL);
        Site siteCollection = context.Site;
        Web site = context.Web;

        List pages = site.Lists.GetByTitle("Site Pages");

        Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.
        FileCreationInformation fileCreateInfo = new FileCreationInformation();
        fileCreateInfo.Url = "NewPage.aspx";
        context.Load(pages.RootFolder.Files.Add(fileCreateInfo));

        context.ExecuteQuery();
        context.Dispose();
    }

Answer 2

This Code works for me. It Creates an Page("NewPage.aspx") With the Content Test.

private void createPage()
    {
        ClientContext context = new ClientContext(URL);
        Site siteCollection = context.Site;
        Web site = context.Web;

        List pages = site.Lists.GetByTitle("Site Pages");

        Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.
        FileCreationInformation fileCreateInfo = new FileCreationInformation();
        fileCreateInfo.Url = "NewPage.aspx";
        fileCreateInfo.Content = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("Test");
        context.Load(pages.RootFolder.Files.Add(fileCreateInfo));

        context.ExecuteQuery();
        context.Dispose();
    }

Answer 3

If you are talking about creating a new site page I would recommend looking at this tutorial:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kaevans/archive/2010/06/28/creating-a-sharepoint-site-page-with-code-behind-using-visual-studio-2010.aspx

Take a second and make sure you actually want to add this through code. As someone who recently started development with SharePoint I can tell you that there is a fairly steep learning curve when working with the Object Model. Also, tasks that are easy to do through the UI may be quite difficult using code.

Good luck!!!