I am new to Umbraco and Articulate.
I was implementing logic for related posts based on current post. For this I am iterating through the blog posts -
Model.Parent.Children.Where(c => ...) and apply some conditions to pick related articles.
I am accessing various properties like categories, tags using code -
c.GetPropertyValue<string>("categories") and c.GetPropertyValue<string>("tags"). The above code returns correct values.
However, I am not sure whether I am querying it in the correct way since I am accessing every value using GetPropertyValue(). Ain't it possible to convert to specific type and access the properties directly. Here is a quick view from Quick Watch window in Visual Studio.
I could see types - ArticulateMarkdown and ArticulateRichText which are document types and not a class inside Articulate assembly (correct me if I'm wrong).
How can I do correct casting and access the properties like ArticulateMarkdown.Catgories and ArticulateRichText.Tags?
Looks like my question itself was confusing. Here is what is my doubt in very high level.
I knew that I can access property values using c.GetPropertyValue<string>("aliasName"). Instead of querying this everytime is it possible for me to cast it to it's specific type? For example do casting like c as ArticulateRichText so that I can work with the properties directly instead of querying using GetPropertyValue<T>.
Phew! Finally figured out the solution. We can pass IPublishedContent as constructor overload to Articulate models. For example, if we want to convert a blog post of type IPublishedContent to PostModel, we can use code snippet - var post = new PostModel(ipubContentObject);
Best way to access properties of blog post
Hello,
I am new to Umbraco and Articulate. I was implementing logic for related posts based on current post. For this I am iterating through the blog posts -
Model.Parent.Children.Where(c => ...)and apply some conditions to pick related articles. I am accessing various properties like categories, tags using code -c.GetPropertyValue<string>("categories")andc.GetPropertyValue<string>("tags"). The above code returns correct values.However, I am not sure whether I am querying it in the correct way since I am accessing every value using
GetPropertyValue(). Ain't it possible to convert to specific type and access the properties directly. Here is a quick view from Quick Watch window in Visual Studio.I could see types -
ArticulateMarkdownandArticulateRichTextwhich are document types and not a class inside Articulate assembly (correct me if I'm wrong).How can I do correct casting and access the properties like
ArticulateMarkdown.CatgoriesandArticulateRichText.Tags?Any guidance will be appreciated.
Thanks.
Looks like my question itself was confusing. Here is what is my doubt in very high level.
I knew that I can access property values using
c.GetPropertyValue<string>("aliasName"). Instead of querying this everytime is it possible for me to cast it to it's specific type? For example do casting likec as ArticulateRichTextso that I can work with the properties directly instead of querying usingGetPropertyValue<T>.Hope this make it more sense. Thanks.
Phew! Finally figured out the solution. We can pass
IPublishedContentas constructor overload to Articulate models. For example, if we want to convert a blog post of typeIPublishedContenttoPostModel, we can use code snippet -var post = new PostModel(ipubContentObject);Thanks.
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