ContentService

Applies to Umbraco 6.x and newer

The ContentService acts as a "gateway" to Umbraco data for operations which are related to Content.

Browse the API documentation for ContentService.

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

IContentService contentService = Services.ContentService;

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

IContentService contentService = ApplicationContext.Services.ContentService;

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:

IContentService contentService = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.ContentService;