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  • Josh Bula 13 posts 75 karma points
    Apr 22, 2014 @ 17:51
    Josh Bula
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    Web API Get Documents by Document Type

    This query works in a MacroPartial but how can I return the same data in Web API?

    var query = CurrentPage.AncestorOrSelf(1).DescendantsOrSelf().Where("Visible && DocumentTypeAlias == @0", "newsItem").OrderBy("createDate desc");

    This doesn't work because obviously CurrentPage doesn't exist in the current context...

    public IEnumerable<IPublishedContent> GetNews()
{
    return CurrentPage.AncestorOrSelf(1).DescendantsOrSelf().Where("Visible && DocumentTypeAlias == @0", "newsItem").OrderBy("createDate desc");
}

    Can you please point me to a working example of how to return documents or nodes through Web API, or tell me how to modify the above to make it work? Thanks!

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  • Josh Bula 13 posts 75 karma points
    Apr 22, 2014 @ 20:29
    Josh Bula
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    After much trial-and-error and frustration over the lack of documentation, this how I ended up getting it to work...

    public class NewsItem
{
    public string Headline { get; set; }
    public string Body { get; set; }
    public DateTime CreateDate { get; set; }
}
public class NewsApiController : UmbracoApiController
{
    public List<NewsItem> GetNews()
    {
        var newsItems = new List<NewsItem>();
        var items = Umbraco.ContentAtXPath("//newsItem").Where("Visible").OrderBy("createDate desc");
        foreach (var item in items)
        {
            var newsItem = new NewsItem();
            newsItem.Headline = item.GetPropertyValue("newsItemHeadline").ToString();
            newsItem.Body = item.GetPropertyValue("newsItemBody").ToString();
            newsItem.CreateDate = Convert.ToDateTime(item.CreateDate);
            newsItems.Add(newsItem);
        }
        return newsItems;
    }

}

    If there are any better or easier ways to accomplish this, please let me know.

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