Getting all Tags from all items on Page where my Widget is o - Sitefinity - Front- & Back-End Development

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Posted by Community Admin on 04-Aug-2014 00:00

Hi guys,

Here is what I'm trying to build: http://imgur.com/l7dSYgE

I'm struggling with the following:
Is it possible to find all current widgets on a page where my widget is on and get their associated tags? And if so, how?

I think I'll be able to manage to put the resulting content (related news, etc) together myself.

Posted by Community Admin on 04-Aug-2014 00:00

This may not be the cleanest code you've seen and I'm sure there could be some improvement to it but I managed to figure it out myself.

public class SitefinityHelper

public static List<string> GetTagsForSitefinityObject(IDataItem dataItem)

if (dataItem != null)

var propDesc = OrganizerBase.GetProperty(dataItem.GetType(), "Tags") as TaxonomyPropertyDescriptor;

if (propDesc != null)

var taxonIds = propDesc.GetValue(dataItem) as IList<Guid>;

var taxonomyManager = TaxonomyManager.GetManager();

var taxa = new List<string>();

foreach (var taxonId in taxonIds)

taxa.Add(taxonomyManager.GetTaxon(taxonId).Title);

return taxa;

return new List<string>();

protected IList<object> GetAllTagsFromAllWidgetsOnThisPage()

using (var fluent = App.WorkWith())

SiteMapNode currentNode = SiteMap.CurrentNode;

if (currentNode != null)

var pm = PageManager.GetManager();

var controls = fluent.Page(new Guid(currentNode.Key)).AsStandardPage().CheckOut().Get().Controls;

string controlInfo = string.Empty;

var tags = new List<string>();

if (controls != null || controls.Count > 0)

foreach (PageDraftControl pageControl in controls)

switch (pageControl.ObjectType.ToString())

case "Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.LayoutControl, Telerik.Sitefinity":

case "~/Custom/ControlWidgets/RelatedItemsWidget.ascx":

break; //ignore these

case "Telerik.Sitefinity.Modules.GenericContent.Web.UI.ContentBlock":

// get tags from contentblock

tags.AddRange(getTagsFromContentBlock(pageControl));

break;

case "Telerik.Sitefinity.Modules.News.Web.UI.NewsView":

// get tags from newsview

tags.AddRange(getTagsFromNewsView(pageControl));

break;

case "Telerik.Sitefinity.Modules.Blogs.Web.UI.BlogPostView":

// get tags from blogpostview

tags.AddRange(getTagsFromBlogPostView(pageControl));

break;

case "Telerik.Sitefinity.Modules.Events.Web.UI.EventsView":

// get tags from eventsview

tags.AddRange(getTagsFromEventsView(pageControl));

break;

case "Telerik.Sitefinity.Modules.Libraries.Web.UI.Videos.MediaPlayerControl, Telerik.Sitefinity":

// get tags from mediaplayercontrol

tags.AddRange(getTagsFromMediaPlayerControl(pageControl));

break;

case "Telerik.Sitefinity.Modules.Libraries.Web.UI.Documents.DocumentLink":

// get tags from documentlink (libraryitem)

tags.AddRange(getTagsFromDocumentLink(pageControl));

break;

controlInfo += string.Format("0<br/ >", pageControl.ObjectType);

LabelExistingTags.Text += controlInfo + "<br/> All The TAGS:<br/>" + string.Join(", ", tags.ToArray());

return null;

private List<string> getTagsFromDocumentLink(PageDraftControl pageControl)

var ctl = PageManager.GetManager().LoadControl(pageControl) as DocumentLink;

if (ctl == null) return null;

var dataItems = App.WorkWith().Documents().Where(d => d.Id == ctl.DocumentId);

var response = new List<string>();

int c;

dataItems.Count(out c);

if (c > 0)

dataItems.ForEach(x => response.AddRange(SitefinityHelper.GetTagsForSitefinityObject(x)));

return response;

private List<string> getTagsFromMediaPlayerControl(PageDraftControl pageControl)

var ctl = PageManager.GetManager().LoadControl(pageControl) as MediaPlayerControl;

if (ctl == null) return null;

var dataItems = App.WorkWith().Videos().Where(d => d.Id == ctl.MediaContentId);

var response = new List<string>();

int c;

dataItems.Count(out c);

if (c > 0)

dataItems.ForEach(x => response.AddRange(SitefinityHelper.GetTagsForSitefinityObject(x)));

return response;

private List<string> getTagsFromEventsView(PageDraftControl pageControl)

var ctl = PageManager.GetManager().LoadControl(pageControl) as EventsView;

if (ctl == null) return null;

var id = (ctl.ControlDefinition.Views[1] as EventsViewDetailDefinition).DataItemId;

var dataItems = App.WorkWith().Events().Where(d => d.Id == id);

var response = new List<string>();

int c;

dataItems.Count(out c);

if (c > 0)

dataItems.ForEach(x => response.AddRange(SitefinityHelper.GetTagsForSitefinityObject(x)));

return response;

private List<string> getTagsFromBlogPostView(PageDraftControl pageControl)

var ctl = PageManager.GetManager().LoadControl(pageControl) as BlogPostView;

if (ctl == null) return null;

var id = (ctl.ControlDefinition.Views[1] as Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.ContentUI.ContentViewDetailDefinition).DataItemId;

var dataItems = App.WorkWith().BlogPosts().Where(d => d.Id == id);

var response = new List<string>();

int c;

dataItems.Count(out c);

if(c > 0)

dataItems.ForEach(x => response.AddRange(SitefinityHelper.GetTagsForSitefinityObject(x)));

return response;

private List<string> getTagsFromNewsView(PageDraftControl pageControl)

var ctl = PageManager.GetManager().LoadControl(pageControl) as NewsView;

if (ctl == null) return null;

var id = (ctl.ControlDefinition.Views[1] as Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.ContentUI.ContentViewDetailDefinition).DataItemId;

var dataItems = App.WorkWith().NewsItems().Where(d => d.Id == id);

var response = new List<string>();

int c = 0;

dataItems.Count(out c);

if(c > 0)

dataItems.ForEach(x => response.AddRange(SitefinityHelper.GetTagsForSitefinityObject(x)));

return response;

private List<string> getTagsFromContentBlock(PageDraftControl pageControl)

var ctl = PageManager.GetManager().LoadControl(pageControl) as ContentBlock;

if (ctl == null) return null;

var dataItems = App.WorkWith().ContentItems().Where(d => d.Id == ctl.SharedContentID);

var response = new List<string>();

int c=0;

dataItems.Count(out c);

if (c > 0)

dataItems.ForEach(x => response.AddRange(SitefinityHelper.GetTagsForSitefinityObject(x)));

return response;

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