Where to learn about Umbraco Razor methods/functions/options available?
Hello,
I'm trying to learn more about what Razor commands are available to use in Umbraco templates, especially ones made available when common @inherits and @using lines are included, like "umbraco.cms.businesslogic"?
I would expect to be able to find some master list of what commands are available, but I haven't been able to find anything.
What's the best way to learn about what Razor commands are available to use? Where or how can I find out what options/functions are available with these?
What kind of error message do you see when you try to use that line?
I have been doing something similar at another project once, which was inspired by Søren's approach. Unfortunately I can't access the project anymore so can't digg in and see what I exactly did - I modified the code at bit to fit my specific scenario - But as mentioned I'm wondering what the error message you're seeing is? And have you setup some domain names for some of your websites in the Umbraco backoffice? For a list of available method, filtering etc. you can have a look at Peter Gregorys Razor cheatsheet here
I remember those documents, good to know they're still relevant. They don't seem to mention anything relating to "umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web" methods, such as "Domain.GetDomainsById", though. Is there someplace I can find a similar document that includes info on that? Even in the Umbraco source code, perhaps?
The reason I'm asking generally about how to learn more is that I don't have any domains set up (currently running Umbraco on localhost), so it's not surprising I'm getting errors, and I would be modifying the example anyway. I need to learn more about the methods used so I can adapt them, and to learn more about Razor in general. Right now I'm trying to find all the Umbraco-specific Razor documentation I can get.
It would help a lot to have a list of methods and their options, and be able to test them by returning their value as plain text. I've tried to do this using the lines below:
@{
var currentLang = Domain.GetDomainsById(Model.Content.AncestorOrSelf(1).Id)[0].Language;
}@
@currentLang.ToString();
But I just get this text output on the page:
umbraco.cms.businesslogic.language.Language;
How could I view the value of currentLang as plain text? Thanks.
(To explain a bit more about our specific scenario, a 1-to-1 translation structure probably won't work for us, because we need to keep it a single site with a uniform structure, so I'm trying to test out a structure where translations are stored as no-template child nodes of each web page, which the web page pulls in dynamically. This is the example I'm referencing: http://24days.in/umbraco/2014/razor-language-switcher/)
I partially answered my own question by finding the GetDomainsById method in the Umbraco source code. This will help learn about these types of methods.
Where to learn about Umbraco Razor methods/functions/options available?
Hello,
I'm trying to learn more about what Razor commands are available to use in Umbraco templates, especially ones made available when common @inherits and @using lines are included, like "umbraco.cms.businesslogic"?
I would expect to be able to find some master list of what commands are available, but I haven't been able to find anything.
What's the best way to learn about what Razor commands are available to use? Where or how can I find out what options/functions are available with these?
Specifically, I was trying to use the line below from the example here: http://24days.in/umbraco/2014/razor-language-switcher/
I believe this is shorthand for this:
It didn't work, but I couldn't find any information on it. Any help would be appreciated.
Hi David
What kind of error message do you see when you try to use that line?
I have been doing something similar at another project once, which was inspired by Søren's approach. Unfortunately I can't access the project anymore so can't digg in and see what I exactly did - I modified the code at bit to fit my specific scenario - But as mentioned I'm wondering what the error message you're seeing is? And have you setup some domain names for some of your websites in the Umbraco backoffice? For a list of available method, filtering etc. you can have a look at Peter Gregorys Razor cheatsheet here
Don't worry that it says v6 - I don't think any of this has changed in any v7 releases yet.
But also keep in mind that Razor is a subset of C# so you're able to use C# methods, which are not Umbraco specific as well.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
/Jan
Thank you, Jan!
I remember those documents, good to know they're still relevant. They don't seem to mention anything relating to "umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web" methods, such as "Domain.GetDomainsById", though. Is there someplace I can find a similar document that includes info on that? Even in the Umbraco source code, perhaps?
The reason I'm asking generally about how to learn more is that I don't have any domains set up (currently running Umbraco on localhost), so it's not surprising I'm getting errors, and I would be modifying the example anyway. I need to learn more about the methods used so I can adapt them, and to learn more about Razor in general. Right now I'm trying to find all the Umbraco-specific Razor documentation I can get.
It would help a lot to have a list of methods and their options, and be able to test them by returning their value as plain text. I've tried to do this using the lines below:
But I just get this text output on the page:
How could I view the value of currentLang as plain text? Thanks.
(To explain a bit more about our specific scenario, a 1-to-1 translation structure probably won't work for us, because we need to keep it a single site with a uniform structure, so I'm trying to test out a structure where translations are stored as no-template child nodes of each web page, which the web page pulls in dynamically. This is the example I'm referencing: http://24days.in/umbraco/2014/razor-language-switcher/)
Hi David,
I besides the stuff Jan´s links too. Have a look at the the videos about Razor stuff and syntax of Razor.
https://umbraco.tv/videos/umbraco-v7/implementor/working-with-umbraco-data/razor-syntax/
https://umbraco.tv/videos/umbraco-v7/implementor/working-with-umbraco-data/querying-umbraco-data-with-razor/
Hope this helps,
/Dennis
I partially answered my own question by finding the GetDomainsById method in the Umbraco source code. This will help learn about these types of methods.
https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/blob/dev-v7/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/web/Domain.cs
I'm still not sure why I I just get "umbraco.cms.businesslogic.language.Language;" or similar when I try to output the value as text, though.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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