ContentService
The ContentService acts as a "gateway" to Umbraco data for operations which are related to Content.
Browse the v8 API documentation for ContentService.
- Namespace:
Umbraco.Core.Services
- Assembly:
Umbraco.Core.dll
All samples in this document will require references to the following dll:
- Umbraco.Core.dll
All samples in this document will require the following using statements:
using Umbraco.Core;
using Umbraco.Core.Models;
using Umbraco.Core.Services;
Getting the service
Services property
If you wish to use the content service in a class that inherits from one of the Umbraco base classes (eg. SurfaceController
, UmbracoApiController
or UmbracoAuthorizedApiController
), you can access the content service through a local Services
property:
IContentService contentService = Services.ContentService;
The Services
property is also available in the Razor veiw inheriting from UmbracoViewPage
.
Dependency Injection
In other cases, you may be able to use Dependency Injection. For instance if you have registered your own class in Umbraco's dependency injection, you can specify the IContentService
interface in your constructor:
public class MyClass
{
private readonly IContentService _contentService;
public MyClass(IContentService contentService)
{
_contentService = contentService;
}
}
Static accessor
If neither a Services
property or Dependency Injection is available, you can also reference the static Current
class directly:
IContentService contentService = Umbraco.Core.Composing.Current.Services.ContentService;
Samples
- Create content programmatically
See an example on how to create content programmatically.