Getting list of published pages againtst a specific target type in specific business process type

Question

I have core service functional code that gets all the published pages against a specific publishing target. But as part of web 8, the concept of publishing target has been eliminated. Now I want to get the list of published pages against a specific target type.

Please suggest the way forward.

Also, as content author published pages against a target type so please suggest if I want to list all the target types in a drop down, and then on request display the pages published against selected target types.

Answer 1

In web 8 there is a new concept introduced as “Purpose” to manage all the publishing target settings directly into the Topology Manager. So In web 8, instead of defining the Target Type / Publishing Target you can also define the Purpose which I think is more user-friendly and meaningful for a developer.

Here is the example for your first requirement -

var filter = new PublishedItemsFilterData();

filter.Purpose = "Staging";

var listXml = client.GetSystemWideListXml(filter);

But if you want to use the target type then I think below sample can help you to build your code -

            string publicationUri = "tcm:0-20-1";
            TargetTypesFilterData targetTypesFilter = new TargetTypesFilterData();
            IEnumerable<TargetTypeData> targetTypes = client.GetSystemWideList(targetTypesFilter).OfType<TargetTypeData>();
            ResolveInstructionData resolveInstruction = new ResolveInstructionData();
            IEnumerable<PublishContextData> publishContextDatas = client.ResolveItems(
                new string[]
                {
                publicationUri
                },
                resolveInstruction,
                targetTypes.Select(tt => tt.Id).ToArray(),
                new ReadOptions());

            IEnumerable< LinkToTargetTypeData> finaltargetData = publishContextDatas.Select(pc => pc.TargetType);

            foreach (LinkToTargetTypeData item in finaltargetData)
            {
                if (item.Title == "NameOfTheTargetType")
                {
                    var filter = new PublishedItemsFilterData();
                    filter.TargetType = item;
                    //filter.Purpose = "Stging";

                    var listXml = client.GetSystemWideList(filter);
                }
            }

I think it will help you to start.