PackagingService

The PackagingService provides import/export functionality for the Core models of the API.

Browse the API documentation for IPackagingService interface.

• 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

Services property

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

IPackagingService packagingService = Services.PackagingService;

Dependency Injection

In other cases, you may be able to use Dependency Injection. For instance if you have registered your own class in Umbraco's dependency injection, you can specify the IPackagingService interface in your constructor:

public class MyClass
{

    private IPackagingService _packagingService;

	public MyClass(IPackagingService packagingService)
	{
		_packagingService = packagingService;
	}

}

Static accessor

If neither a Services property or Dependency Injection is available, you can also reference the static Current class directly:

IPackagingService packagingService = Umbraco.Core.Composing.Current.Services.PackagingService;