how to get the documenttype of a document node via api

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Vishal G.P 62 posts 122 karma points

Aug 26, 2011 @ 13:00

hey guys,

i'm programming on the backend of umbraco...

i have the following code: I want to know the DocumentType of my countryHome Document. I've tried several things but i cannot find how to get it as a string..

var current = uQuery.GetDocument(pageId); //PageId is from current.Context.request['id']
                
var ancestors = uQuery.GetDocumentsByCsv(current.Path); //get all ancestors from the path and put them in List<Document>>
if (ancestors.Count > 0)
  {                    
           Document countryHome  = ancestors[0];                      
        }

ANy help is appreciated. Thanks in advance..

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Hendy Racher 863 posts 3849 karma points MVP 2x admin c-trib

Aug 26, 2011 @ 13:24
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Hi Wiske80,

Had never thought of getting ancestors via the path csv ! (possibly slightly quicker than recursing up the tree with the .GetAncestorDocuments())

You could either cast the Document to a Node and use the .NodeTypeAlias property, or:
```
string docTypeAlias = countryHome.ContentType.Alias;
```
HTH,
Hendy
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Vishal G.P 62 posts 122 karma points

Aug 26, 2011 @ 14:11

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Fantastic Hendy.. thats works like a charm.. and yes getting the ancestors via path csv is really fast... i just stumbled upon it when looking through the uquery methods... It even omits the -1 node (content node).. so the first u get is the root node of the particular currentNode.. so its nice..

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