SharePoint Online: How to create Content Type using JavaScript object model?

Introduction

In this post, we will discuss how we can create a content type using JavaScript object model in SharePoint Online Office 365. You can check out my article on Content types in SharePoint 2016.

Code Example

For this particular example I have added a script editor web part inside a web part page and in that script editor web part I have added the below code.

Below is the full code:

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

<script type="text/javascript">

        var contentTypeCollection;

        function createContentType() {

            var clientContext = new SP.ClientContext.get_current();

            if (clientContext != undefined && clientContext != null) {

                var web = clientContext.get_web();

                this.contentTypeCollection = web.get_contentTypes();

                this.contentType = contentTypeCollection.getById("0x0101");

                var newContentType = new SP.ContentTypeCreationInformation();

                newContentType.set_name('My Custom Content Type');

                newContentType.set_description('My custom content type');

                newContentType.set_parentContentType(contentType);

                this.contentTypeCollection.add(newContentType);

                clientContext.load(this.contentTypeCollection);

                clientContext.executeQueryAsync(Function.createDelegate(this, this.onQuerySucceeded), Function.createDelegate(this, this.onQueryFailed));

            }

        }

        function onQuerySucceeded() {

            alert("Content Type created successfully")

        }

        function onQueryFailed(sender, args) {

            alert('Request failed. ' + args.get_message() + '\n' + args.get_stackTrace());

        }

</script>

<input id="btnCreateContentType" onclick="createContentType()" type="button" value="Create Content Type" />

Once you clicked on the button the content type will get created.

Output

You can see the content type from the site settings page. Go to site settings -> then click on "Site content types" which is under Web Designer Galleries. Then you can see your content type like below:

https://www.enjoysharepoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/create-content-type-sharepoint-online-javascript-object-model.png

Hope this will be helpful.