Hello Stefan.

You will need to make a ApiController for the backoffice. In that controller I´ll suggest you to use the Examine, to search for all node with a DoctypeAlias and published status.

The code could like this:

    private void test()
    {
        IExamineManager examineManager = ExamineManager.Instance;

        if (!examineManager.TryGetIndex(Constants.UmbracoIndexes.InternalIndexName, out IIndex index))
            throw new InvalidOperationException($"No index found by name {Constants.UmbracoIndexes.InternalIndexName}");
        var search = index.GetSearcher().CreateQuery().NativeQuery("+__NodeTypeAlias:\"comments\" +__Published:\"n\"").Execute();

        IEnumerable<ISearchResult> results = search;

        int totalResults = Convert.ToInt32(search.TotalItemCount);
    }

Okay, so by doing that I have all the unpublished items of doctype Comment. I just need a little more guidance.

Once I have those results, do I use Angular to create the view on the dashboard?

I am sorry if I am asking stupid questions, but I have lost myself in the documentation and can not quite understand it.

No question a stupid question :) Yea, you search for all unpublished with the spefic doctype alias.

You need to create a custom dashboard, i think i´ll be the best idea. a prefekt guid to create dashboard

You will from the dashbord, ask angular to go to a C# controller, where you will make the search and return the data to bee showed on your dashboard. But again the link above is a greate tutorial :)

Lucas I cant thank you enough for this!

I have done everything from the guide, I just have one more question and I will get out of your hair. I created the controller and the view, but I seem to have made a mistake when telling Angular where to find the controller, can you tell me what is the correct path?

I have created the folder in the root folder of the solution, and there I created the controller in C#, but can not seem to hit them in my call in Angular.

This is the path I entered: ~/Api/CommentsApi/GetComments

No worries.

Well I can see Umbraco is´n explanin the best way to do that. So I´ll show you have I normaly do it.

First create a c# controller where you Inheritance from UmbracoAuthorizedJsonController thats insecure you that only loggin backoffice users can access the api :

[Umbraco.Web.Mvc.PluginController("Test")
public class TestApiController : UmbracoAuthorizedJsonController
{
    [HttpGet]
    public IHttpActionResult Get()
    {
        // your code
    }
}

In the angular I´ll normaly create a resources factory for angular like this: Notice that i use something called umbRequestHelper.resourcePromisethis a Umbraco func, witch will create the pefect url.

"backoffice/Test/TestApi/get" is my URI i want to hit, "Test" is the plugincontrollerattr name diffinde in the C# class, "TestApi" is the controller name, and "get" is the c# action.

angular.module('umbraco.resources').factory('testResource', function ($q, $http, umbRequestHelper) {
    return {
        get: function (id) {
             return umbRequestHelper.resourcePromise($http.get("backoffice/Test/TestApi/get", 'error'));
        }
    }
});

At your angular controller, you simply inject your factory ind, and use it.

angular.module("umbraco").controller("testController", function($scope, testResource) {
     testResource.get().then(function(data) {
         // data is now the response from the api
     });
}

Hope it helps :)

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