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Claushingebjerg 939 posts 2574 karma points

Nov 19, 2014 @ 10:01

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Getting file type of media

I have a download section, and i would like to have icons for the different files according to their file type. So i have a pdf icon on the link for a downloadable .pdf, a word icon for an .doc and so on.

How do i get the file type/suffix for a media file?

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Jan Skovgaard 11280 posts 23678 karma points MVP 11x admin c-trib

Nov 19, 2014 @ 10:07

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Hi Claus

That can actually be achieved purely by using CSS - See this tutorial for instance http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/css3-attribute-selector/

This pen might also be useful http://codepen.io/tevko/pen/DdsnK

Hope this helps.

/Jan

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Dennis Aaen 4500 posts 18255 karma points admin hq c-trib

Nov 19, 2014 @ 10:21
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Hi Claus,

If you want to get the file type of media in razor code you could do it like this:

In the example I am using the media picker.
```
@{
    var mediaItem = Umbraco.TypedMedia(Model.Content.GetPropertyValue("mainImage"));
    @mediaItem.GetPropertyValue("umbracoExtension")
}
```
Hope this helps,

/Dennis
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Claushingebjerg 939 posts 2574 karma points

Nov 19, 2014 @ 11:08

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Thanks both of you. H5YR

I'll mark Jans as the solution as its the most flexible in my case.

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Enkosi 11 posts 86 karma points

Jan 20, 2022 @ 09:52
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If you want to get the file type in a UmbracoApiController you can do the following:
```
int mediaId = 1095;
var fileItem = Umbraco.Media(mediaId);
var fileType = (string)fileItem.GetProperty("UmbracoExtension").GetValue();
```
That is assuming you already have the file Id of the document you are interested in.
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