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How to get the Parent ContentReference from an existing ContentReference

Ayo
Ayo
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Hi guys,

I have a ContentReference object, which refers to a page in my content tree, I want to get the ContentReference of the parent node?

How can I do this?

#193918
Jun 07, 2018 15:37
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You have to get the page out from the IContentLoader first. You can load it out as a PageData or IContent object then use the ParentLink property which will be the parent.

#193924
Jun 07, 2018 16:11
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Example although you usually want the IContentLoader to be injected either in the constructor or using the Injected<> method.

var pageReference = ContentReference.EmptyReference;
var contentLoader = ServiceLocator.Current.GetInstance<IContentLoader>();
var page = contentLoader.Get<IContent>(pageReference);
var parentPage = contentLoader.Get<IContent>(page.ParentLink);

Here I've created a pageReference empty reference but that should be the reference of the page you're trying to get the parent of.

#193925
Edited, Jun 07, 2018 16:15
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An alternative is to use EPiServer.IContentLoader.GetAncestors(ContentReference contentLink) then will you get all ancestors for a specific content item or EPiServer.Web.Routing.AncestorReferencesLoader.GetAncestors(ContentReference contentLink) if you only want the references to the ancestors.

#193945
Jun 08, 2018 10:03
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