ContentTypeService

The content type service acts as a "gateway" to Umbraco data for operations which are related to both content types and media types.

Browse the API documentation for IContentTypeService.

• Namespace: Umbraco.Cms.Core.Services
• Assembly: Umbraco.Core.dll

All samples in this document will require references to the following dll:

• Umbraco.Core.dll

All samples in this document will require the following using statements:

using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Services;

For Razor views:

@using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Services

Getting the service

Dependency Injection

If you wish to use the content type service in a class, you need to specify the IContentTypeService interface in your constructor:

public class MyClass
{
    private IContentTypeService _contentTypeService;

    public MyClass(IContentTypeService contentTypeService)
    {
        _contentTypeService = contentTypeService;
    }
}

In Razor views, you can access the content type service through the @inject directive:

@inject IContentTypeService ContentTypeService

Samples

• Retrieving content types See examples on how to retrieve content types via the service - either individually or as a collection.
• Retrieving content type containers See examples on how to retrieve content type containers (folders) via the service - either individually or as a collection.