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#5 Look into a Content-Type

Use a Query with App Data

Requirements

2sxc 12.00

Resources

Look at the Content-Type of something

In some advanced cases you want to find out information about a specific content-type.

Content-Type Information

Initial Code

The following code runs at the beginning and creates some variables/services used in the following samples.

@{
  var type = AsEntity(Content).Type;
  var attributes = type.Attributes as IEnumerable<IContentTypeAttribute>;
  var sexAttr = attributes.First(t => t.Name == "Sex");
  // Check the metadata for the DropdownValues in the type @string-dropdown
  var sexDropdown = sexAttr.Metadata.GetBestValue<string>("DropdownValues", "@string-dropdown");
}

Type object: ToSic.Eav.Data.ContentType 🔗
Type Name: "Persons"
Type Internal Name: "e748cf30-7849-46f1-a331-f181ba047cb2"
Type of the Awards field: "Entity"
Values in the Sex field (String) dropdown
- Unknown = ''
- Male = 'm'
- Female = 'f'
- Non-binary = 'nb'

<ol>
  <li>Type object: <a href="https://docs.2sxc.org/api/dot-net/ToSic.Eav.Data.IContentType.html" target="_blank">@type 🔗</a></li>
  <li>Type Name: "@type.Name"</li>
  <li>Type Internal Name: "@type.StaticName"</li>
  <li>Type of the Awards field: "@attributes.First(t => t.Name == "Awards").Type"</li>
  <li>
    Values in the <code>Sex</code> field (@sexAttr.Type) dropdown
    <ul>
      @foreach (var s in sexDropdown.Split(new [] { '\r', '\n' }))
      {
        var parts = s.Split(':');
        <li>@parts[0] = '@(parts.Length > 0 ? parts[1] : "")'</li>
      }
    </ul>
  </li>
</ol>

Properties / Attributes

Read more about attributes in the docs 🔗

First Name (FirstName, String = typeId 6)
Last Name (LastName, String = typeId 6)
Birthday (Birthday, DateTime = typeId 2)
Mugshot (Mugshot, Hyperlink = typeId 4)
Awards (Awards, Entity = typeId 3)
Sex (Sex, String = typeId 6)

<ul>
    @foreach (var attr in type.Attributes) {
    <li>
      @* This will get the label from the metadata entity *@
      @(attr.Metadata.GetBestValue<string>("Name", "@All"))
      (@attr.Name, <code>@attr.Type</code> = typeId @((int)attr.Type))
    </li>
  }
</ul>

List-Details with two templates, automatic view-switching and query

#5 Look into a Content-Type

Use a Query with App Data

Source Code of this file

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@inherits Custom.Hybrid.Razor14
@using ToSic.Razor.Blade;
@using System.Linq;
@using System.Collections.Generic;
@using ToSic.Eav.Data;
<!-- unimportant stuff, hidden -->


<div @Sys.PageParts.InfoWrapper()>
  @Html.Partial("../shared/DefaultInfoSection.cshtml")
  <div @Sys.PageParts.InfoIntro()>
    <h2>Look at the Content-Type of something</h2>
    <p>
      In some advanced cases you want to find out information about a specific content-type.
    </p>
  </div>
</div>


<h3>Content-Type Information</h3>

  @{
    var type = AsEntity(Content).Type;
    var attributes = type.Attributes as IEnumerable<IContentTypeAttribute>;
    var sexAttr = attributes.First(t => t.Name == "Sex");
    // Check the metadata for the DropdownValues in the type @string-dropdown
    var sexDropdown = sexAttr.Metadata.GetBestValue<string>("DropdownValues", "@string-dropdown");
  }


  <ol>
    <li>Type object: <a href="https://docs.2sxc.org/api/dot-net/ToSic.Eav.Data.IContentType.html" target="_blank">@type 🔗</a></li>
    <li>Type Name: "@type.Name"</li>
    <li>Type Internal Name: "@type.StaticName"</li>
    <li>Type of the Awards field: "@attributes.First(t => t.Name == "Awards").Type"</li>
    <li>
      Values in the <code>Sex</code> field (@sexAttr.Type) dropdown
      <ul>
        @foreach (var s in sexDropdown.Split(new [] { '\r', '\n' }))
        {
          var parts = s.Split(':');
          <li>@parts[0] = '@(parts.Length > 0 ? parts[1] : "")'</li>
        }
      </ul>
    </li>
  </ol>



<h3>Properties / Attributes</h3>
<p>
  Read more about <a href="https://docs.2sxc.org/api/dot-net/ToSic.Eav.Data.IContentType.html#ToSic_Eav_Data_IContentType_Attributes" target="_blank">attributes in the docs 🔗</a>
</p>

  <ul>
      @foreach (var attr in type.Attributes) {
      <li>
        @* This will get the label from the metadata entity *@
        @(attr.Metadata.GetBestValue<string>("Name", "@All"))
        (@attr.Name, <code>@attr.Type</code> = typeId @((int)attr.Type))
      </li>
    }
  </ul>



@* Footer *@
@Html.Partial("../Shared/Layout/FooterWithSource.cshtml", new { Sys = Sys })