Copy list items from one sharepoint server to another programmatically

Question

Is it possible to copy a sharepoint list from one server to another server?

So I have server A running site 1, I want to copy the list from ServerA-Site1 to ServerB-Site1.

I've seen numerous articles on SO, to copy from one site to another as long as the sites are on the same server.

I've already looked at several articles like: Programmatically copying custom content type and columns from one web to another

copy list items from one list to another in sharepoint

From the looks of things, it does not seem possible but I'd like confirmation or direction to a possible answer (if I wasn't looking in the right areas)

Answer 1

You can try to use Client Object Model

But it can be tricky because of some special field types (for example, metadata field or person or group field).

Answer 2

Yes, it is possible. You can define two client context for each of your site and then get the required lists and update them using some variables. This should do it for you.

Answer 3

See the content migration API: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms453426.ASPX

You should be able to export items, transport them to the second server, then import them.