Get ContentLinks for blocks referencing a given block

Aziz Khakulov

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It turns out to be quite easy to find the list of pages referencing a block:

var referencingPageLinks = _contentSoftLinkRepository.Service.Load(blockLink, true)
.Where(link => link.SoftLinkType == ReferenceType.PageLinkReference && !ContentReference.IsNullOrEmpty(link.OwnerContentLink))
.Select(link => link.OwnerContentLink)
.ToList();

But how do I get the same list but for the blocks referencing the given block? There is no BlockLinkReference or similar in ReferenceType enum...

#187863

Edited, Feb 05, 2018 11:22

Erik Norberg

Vote:

Try and use the IContentRepository:

var repository = ServiceLocator.Current.GetInstance<IContentRepository>();
var references = repository.GetReferencesToContent(blockLink, false);

#187892

Feb 05, 2018 16:28

valdis

Vote:

Try not to use ServiceLocator..

:trolling-emoji:

#187901

Feb 05, 2018 22:57

Erik Norberg

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Indeed! ServiceLocator.Current should always be avoided in favor of dependency injection.

(It does makes for more complete and easier to read/understand code examples, which makes it hard to resist in the forum even if I never use it in real code. )

#187925

Feb 06, 2018 14:10