Get content from your project

{
  "system": {
    "id": "335d17ac-b6ba-4c6a-ae31-23c1193215cb",
    "collection": "default",
    "name": "My article",
    "codename": "my_article",
    "language": "en-US",
    "type": "article",
    "sitemap_locations": [],
    "last_modified": "2023-03-27T13:21:11.38Z",
    "workflow_step": "published"
  },
  "elements": {
    ...
  }
}

Which API to use?

While your content creators write articles and add finishing touches to the content in your project, you can display that content in web and mobile apps using Delivery API. Delivery API is a read-only API that’s available as both REST API and GraphQL API. Here you’ll learn the basics of using the Delivery REST API for getting published content.

Make a request

To retrieve content items from a project, you need to specify the project’s environment ID. You can find your environment ID in the environment settings. Let’s see how to get all content items from the specified environment.

Recently published content items may appear in the API after a slight delay.

Filter items by type

You know how to retrieve all items. Let’s expand by retrieving items based on a specific type. In this example, you’ll retrieve items based on the Article content type.

1. Find the codename

Before moving further, you need to find the codename of the content type.

You can copy codenames by clicking

near the name of a content type, content element, or other objects in your project. For example, to find the codename of the Article content type, go to

Content model > Content types > Article >

Once you have the codename, use it to filter the requested content items by their type.

2. Filter by type’s codename

The information about a content item’s type is stored in the content item’s System object property. The System object contains metadata about the content item, such as the last content modification date, language, content type, and more.

To retrieve content items by type, you need to filter them by the value of their type property. Any content items not based on the Article content type will be omitted from the API response.

Order the items

By default, the Delivery API sorts content items alphabetically by their codenames. With content like articles, you might want to use chronological order. For example, have the articles ordered by their last modified date. To retrieve content items in a specific order, specify the following:

Which content item property to order by. For example, the property can be an element (such as text or date & time element) or metadata (such as the item’s type or last modified date).
Whether to use the ascending or descending order.

With basic filtering and sorting skills under your belt, you’ve learned how to get specific content items from your Kontent.ai project.

// Tip: Find more about .NET SDKs at https://kontent.ai/learn/net
using Kontent.Ai.Delivery;

// Creates an instance of the delivery client
// ProTip: Use DI for this in your apps https://kontent.ai/learn/net-register-client
IDeliveryClient client = DeliveryClientBuilder
      .WithProjectId("8d20758c-d74c-4f59-ae04-ee928c0816b7")
      .Build();

// Gets all content items
// Note: Using the <object> generic parameter produces strongly typed objects, based on "system.type"
IDeliveryItemListingResponse<object> response = await client.GetItemsAsync<object>();

IList<object> items = response.Items;

// Tip: Find more about .NET SDKs at https://kontent.ai/learn/net
using Kontent.Ai.Delivery;

// Creates an instance of the delivery client
// ProTip: Use DI for this in your apps https://kontent.ai/learn/net-register-client
IDeliveryClient client = DeliveryClientBuilder
      .WithProjectId("8d20758c-d74c-4f59-ae04-ee928c0816b7")
      .Build();

// Gets all articles
// Create strongly typed models according to https://kontent.ai/learn/net-strong-types
IDeliveryItemListingResponse<Article> response = await client.GetItemsAsync<Article>(
    new EqualsFilter("system.type", "article")
);

IList<Article> items = response.Items;

// Tip: Find more about .NET SDKs at https://kontent.ai/learn/net
using Kontent.Ai.Delivery;

// Creates an instance of the delivery client
// ProTip: Use DI for this in your apps https://kontent.ai/learn/net-register-client
IDeliveryClient client = DeliveryClientBuilder
      .WithProjectId("8d20758c-d74c-4f59-ae04-ee928c0816b7")
      .Build();

// Gets the 3 latest articles ordered by their last modified time
// Create strongly typed models according to https://kontent.ai/learn/net-strong-types
IDeliveryItemListingResponse<Article> response = await client.GetItemsAsync<Article>(
    new EqualsFilter("system.type", "article"),
    new LimitParameter(3),
    new OrderParameter("system.last_modified", SortOrder.Descending)
);

IList<Article> items = response.Items;