Content Service

Example on how to create and publish content programmatically using the ContentService.

Learn how to use the Content Service.

Creating content programmatically

In the example below, a new page is programmatically created using the content service. It is assumed that there are two document types, namely Catalogue and Product. In this case, a new Product is added underneath the Catalogue page. Add the below code in the Catalogue template.

using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Models;
using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Services;

namespace Umbraco.Cms.Web.UI.Custom;

public class PublishContentDemo
{
    private readonly IContentService _contentService;

    public PublishContentDemo(IContentService contentService) => _contentService = contentService;

    public void Create()
    {
        // Create a variable for the GUID of the parent page - Catalogue, where you want to add a child item.
        var parentId = Guid.Parse("b6fbbb31-a77f-4f9c-85f7-2dc4835c7f31");

        // Create a new child item of type 'Product'
        var demoProduct = ContentService.Create("Microphone", parentId, "product");

        // Set the value of the property with alias 'category'
        demoProduct.SetValue("category" , "audio");

        // Set the value of the property with alias 'price'
        demoProduct.SetValue("price", "1500");

        // Save and publish the child item
        _contentService.SaveAndPublish(demoProduct);
    }
}

In a multi-language setup, it is necessary to set the name of the content item for a specified culture:

demoProduct.SetCultureName("Microphone", "en-us"); // this will set the english name
demoProduct.SetCultureName("Mikrofon", "da"); // this will set the danish name

For information on how to retrieve multilingual languages, see the Retrieving languages article.

Publishing content programmatically

The ContentService is also used for publishing operations.

The following example shows a page being published with all descendants.

using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Models;
using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Services;

namespace Umbraco.Cms.Web.UI.Custom;

public class PublishContentDemo
{
    private readonly IContentService _contentService;

    public PublishContentDemo(IContentService contentService) => _contentService = contentService;

    public void Publish(Guid key)
    {
        IContent? content = _contentService.GetById(key)
            ?? throw new InvalidOperationException($"Could not find content with key: {key}.");

        _contentService.SaveAndPublishBranch(content, PublishBranchFilter.Default);
    }
}

The PublishBranchFilter option can include one or more of the following flags:

• Default - publishes existing published content with pending changes.

• IncludeUnpublished - publishes unpublished content and existing published with pending changes.

• ForceRepublish - publishes existing published content with or without pending changes.

• All - combines IncludeUnpublished and ForceRepublish.