Hello,

We have implemented a custom content provider with load, search and listing parameters. We mainly use it with a custom widget to get images and videos from an external API into a page. So far so good.

My question is - how can I use the content provider from a custom Page? Let's say I'd want to do something like searching the content provider for a certain query and always displaying the latest result, or hard-core an external content ID to display on a page.

Would I use the content provider directly in a page's controller, and/or do some config and registration to make that sort of thing work?

The content provider has the following interface:

public class MyCustomProvider : EPiServer.Core.ContentProvider
{
    public static string Key = "custom_provider";

    //...

    // ICustomMedia implements IContent
    public IEnumerable<ICustomMedia> Search(string query)
    {
        //...
    }

    protected override IContent LoadContent(ContentReference contentLink, ILanguageSelector languageSelector)
    {
        //...
    }

    protected override IList<GetChildrenReferenceResult> LoadChildrenReferencesAndTypes(
        ContentReference contentLink, string languageID, out bool languageSpecific)
    {
       //...
    }
    
    // ..
}