Webs.GetContentTypes Method

Returns a collection of content type definitions for all site content types on the specified site.

Web Service: WebsWeb Reference: http://<Site>/_vti_bin/Webs.asmx

Syntax

<SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/GetContentTypes", RequestNamespace:="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/", ResponseNamespace:="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/", Use:=SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle:=SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)> _
Public Function GetContentTypes As XmlNode

Dim instance As Webs
Dim returnValue As XmlNode

returnValue = instance.GetContentTypes

[SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/GetContentTypes", RequestNamespace="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/", ResponseNamespace="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/", Use=SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle=SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)] 
public XmlNode GetContentTypes ()

Return Value

An XML fragment in the following form that can be assigned to a System.Xml.XmlNode object.

<ContentTypes>
  <ContentType>
  …
</ContentTypes>

Each ContentType Element (ContentType) element in the XML fragment represents the schema definition for a site content type. The following example return value is edited for clarity.

<ContentTypes xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/">
  <ContentType 
      ID="0x010100C78DE4D7C0C57C43AF878D28256599CA" 
      Name="NewContentType" 
      Group="Custom Content Types" 
      Description="Create a new document." 
      Version="1" 
      xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/">
    <Folder TargetName="Forms/NewContentType" />
    <Fields>
     …
    <DocumentTemplate TargetName="Forms/NewContentType/template.doc" />
    <XmlDocuments>
      …
    </XmlDocuments>
  </ContentType>
  <ContentType 
    …
  </ContentType>
</ContentTypes>

Remarks

Each content type definition is the same as would be returned by invoking the SchemaXml method.

Example

The following example retrieves the content type definitions for the specified site, and saves them as an XML file.

Imports System.Xml
Imports System.Web.Services.Protocols
…
Public Sub GetAllSiteContentTypes()
  Dim websService As New Web_Reference_Folder_Name.Webs
  websService.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials

  Try
    'Retrieve site content type data from Web service.
    Dim myNode As XmlNode = websService.GetContentTypes

    'Create XML document.
    Dim XmlDoc As New XmlDocument
    Dim d As XmlNode
    d = XmlDoc.CreateXmlDeclaration("1.0", "", "yes")
    XmlDoc.AppendChild(d)

    'Move Web service data into XML document and save.
    Dim root As XmlNode = XmlDoc.CreateElement("ContentTypes")
    root.InnerXml = myNode.InnerXml
    XmlDoc.AppendChild(root)
    XmlDoc.Save("SiteContentTypes.xml")

  Catch ex As SoapException
    MessageBox.Show("Message:" + ControlChars.Lf + ex.Message & _
        ControlChars.Lf & _
      "Detail:" + ControlChars.Lf + ex.Detail.InnerText & _
        ControlChars.Lf & _
      "StackTrace:" & ControlChars.Lf + ex.StackTrace)

  Catch ex As Exception
      MessageBox.Show(ex.Message.ToString)

  End Try

End Sub

See Also

Reference

Webs Class
Webs Members
Webs Web Service

Other Resources

Content Types
Content Type IDs