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ContentTypeService

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