Hi Richard,

I didn't think I could use the Umbraco backend this way. Turns out I can :-)

public class SomeApiController : ApiController
{
    private readonly UmbracoHelper umbracoHelper;

    public SomeApiController()
    {
        umbracoHelper = new UmbracoHelper(UmbracoContext.Current);
    }

    public IEnumerable<string> GetAll()
    {
        return umbracoHelper.TypedContentAtRoot().Select(p => p.Name);
    }
}

And a route in the routing table:

RouteTable.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
    name: "DefaultApi",
    routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}",
    defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
);

Thanks

Yeah, the UmbracoApiController inherits from ApiController in .NET

Unless you're using some of the extras in that controller like UmbracoHelper for example, then you can use the standard .NET controller.

Even if you needed UmbracoHelper you could just instantiate it in your controller anyway.

Glad that helped.

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