DataTypeService

The DataTypeService acts as a "gateway" to Umbraco data for operations which are related to DataTypes and DataTypeDefinitions.

Browse the API documentation for DataTypeService.

• Namespace: Umbraco.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.Core;
using Umbraco.Core.Models;
using Umbraco.Core.Services;

Getting the service

If you wish to use use the data type service in a class that inherits from one of the Umbraco base classes (eg. SurfaceController, UmbracoApiController or UmbracoAuthorizedApiController), you can access the data type service through a local Services property:

IDataTypeService dataTypeService = Services.DataTypeService;

In Razor views, you can access the data type service through the ApplicationContext property:

IDataTypeService dataTypeService = ApplicationContext.Services.DataTypeService;

If neither a Services property or a ApplicationContext property is available, you can also reference the ApplicationContext class directly and using the static Current property:

IDataTypeService dataTypeService = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.DataTypeService;