How would I get all pages using core service?

Question

Using the Core Service, is there any way to get information (ID at the minimum) about all the pages in the CMS?

I had tried recursing through structure groups but this takes hours as there are 50000+ pages. Currently I am getting this information by querying the database directly.

If there is a way would it be possible to do this for components, component templates etc?

For reference my recursion code is

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    using (var client = new Tridion2011CoreService.CoreServiceClient())
    {
        var ids = GetIDsRecursive(client, "tcm:10-234567-4");
    }
}

private static List<string> GetIDsRecursive(
    Tridion2011CoreService.CoreServiceClient client,
    string parentOrganisationalItemID,
    IEnumerable<Tridion2011CoreService.ItemType> itemTypes)
{
    var ids = new List<string>();

    var filter = new Tridion2011CoreService.OrganizationalItemItemsFilterData();

    var filterItemTypes = new List<Tridion2011CoreService.ItemType>();
    if (parentOrganisationalItemID.EndsWith("-2"))
    {
        filterItemTypes.Add(Tridion2011CoreService.ItemType.Folder);
    }
    else
    {
        filterItemTypes.Add(Tridion2011CoreService.ItemType.StructureGroup);
    }
    filter.ItemTypes = filterItemTypes.ToArray();

    var result1 = client.GetListXml(parentOrganisationalItemID, filter);

    foreach (System.Xml.Linq.XElement node in result1.Nodes())
    {
        var id = node.Attribute("ID").Value;
        ids.AddRange(GetIDsRecursive(client, id, itemTypes));
    }

    filter = new Tridion2011CoreService.OrganizationalItemItemsFilterData();
    filter.ItemTypes = itemTypes.ToArray();

    var result2 = client.GetListXml(parentOrganisationalItemID, filter);

    foreach (System.Xml.Linq.XElement node in result2.Nodes())
    {
        var id = node.Attribute("ID").Value;
        ids.Add(id);
    }

    return ids;
}

Answer 1

Do you need it for all publications, or only in scope of some publication ? You can try to use something next:

var itemTypes = new List<Tridion2011CoreService.ItemType>();
itemTypes.Add(Tridion2011CoreService.ItemType.Page);

var filter = new Tridion2011CoreService.RepositoryItemsFilterData();
filter.Recursive = true;
filter.ItemTypes = itemTypes.ToArray();

var listXml = client.GetListXml("tcm:0-10-1", filter);
// SDL Tridion 2013 (ICoreService2012) and later, can use GetList() as well

foreach (System.Xml.Linq.XElement node in listXml.Nodes())
{
    ...
}

If you need to get separate lists of components/templates/pages/etc - better specify all ItemType which you need and filter result list in the end.

Answer 2

In 2013 SP1 the code is:

var itemTypes = new List<ItemType>();
itemTypes.Add(ItemType.Page);

var filter = new RepositoryItemsFilterData();
filter.Recursive = true;
filter.ItemTypes = itemTypes.ToArray();