How to get all SharePoint List item versions using ‘Client Side Object’ model both for Custom list and Document Library?

Basically in CSOM, there is no direct property to get the item versions from a List Item. But by using “Lists Web Service”(/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx) we can get all versions and properties information for each item inside Custom List or Document Library. To get the above required functionality first of all we have add the “Lists Web Service” in the required project. In this blog, I am going share all codes how we can get all List Items version by using “Lists Web Service”. We all know how to add a service inside a project. I am using a simple Console application to iterate all item versions information. Plese follow the below code…

[code lang=”c”]
using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Xml;

using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client;

namespace ConsoleApp1
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
ClientContext context = null;
List list = null;
ListItemCollection itemCollection = null;
ListItem item = null;

string userName = string.Empty;
string password = string.Empty;
string dateHistory = string.Empty;
string commentHistory = string.Empty;
string editor = string.Empty;
string loginName = string.Empty;

try
{
using (context = new ClientContext(“http://SourceWebUrl”))
{
userName = “UserName”;
password = “PassWord”;

// Setting credential for the above site
context.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(userName, password);
context.Load(context.Web);
context.ExecuteQuery();

// Getting list by Title
list = context.Web.Lists.GetByTitle(“Custom List”);
context.Load(list, L => L.Id);

// Getting all items from selected list using caml query
itemCollection = list.GetItems(CamlQuery.CreateAllItemsQuery());

//Loading selected list items
context.Load(itemCollection, IC => IC.Include(I => I.Id, I => I.DisplayName));
context.ExecuteQuery();

if (itemCollection != null && itemCollection.Count > 0)
{
for (int iCount = 0; iCount < itemCollection.Count; iCount++)
{
try
{
item = itemCollection[iCount];

ListService.Lists listService = new ListService.Lists();
listService.Url = context.Url + “/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx”;
listService.Credentials = context.Credentials;

//Getting all item versions from custon list item using List Web Service
XmlNode nodeVersions = listService.GetVersionCollection(list.Id.ToString(), item.Id.ToString(), “_UIVersionString”);

//looping all versions and getting ‘Modified’ and ‘Editor’ property of each version
foreach (XmlNode xNode in nodeVersions)
{
try
{
dateHistory = xNode.Attributes[“Modified”].Value;
dateHistory = FormatDateFromSP(dateHistory);
commentHistory = xNode.Attributes[“_UIVersionString”].Value;
loginName = xNode.Attributes[“Editor”].Value;
}
catch { }
}
}
catch (Exception ex) { }
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex) { }
}

private static string FormatDateFromSP(string dateHistory)
{
string result;

result = dateHistory.Replace(“T”, ” “);
result = result.Replace(“Z”, “”);

return result;
}
}
}
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